Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over Japan, but somehow he always manages to escape. He meets a woman who runs a brothel. They love each other but how long can they be together?... (Full plot summary below)
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Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over Japan, but somehow he always manages to escape. He meets a woman who runs a brothel. They love each other but how long can they be together?
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| Slant MagazineClayton DillardOnly Imamura could irreverently intertwine Catholicism, brutal murders, and pachinko to produce such devastating ends. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawIn a way, if we're tracking influences, Imamura probably had a little impact on the Coen Brothers' misanthropic masterpieces. |
| Eye for FilmAnton Bitelas messy as murder itself, Vengeance is Mine maps out the darker corners of a nation in transition and unwilling to confront its past directly. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioShocking and relentless, the movie pioneers an unholy border between Rembrandt and pornography, finding a transcendent unity in the abasements and attainments of man. |
| The A.V. ClubDavid EhrlichAt times a frustrating experience, Vengeance Is Mine transforms over the course of its running time, Enokizu’s impenetrable nature eventually bottoming out and blossoming into a perverse relatability. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyVENGEANCE IS MINE, directed by Shohei Imamura, a Japanese director largely unknown in this country, is chilly without being austere, the sort of confounding movie that tells us too much and not enough. |
| Lawrence.comEric MelinThe title sounds more like a violent soap opera than a serious challenge to contemporary culture, but that's exactly what it is. Imamura injects an air of inevitability into Enokizu's spree, and projects his own commentary into the situation. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole Smithey[VIDEO ESSAY] a richly woven polemic that encompasses turbulent generational shifts in Japanese identity caused by World War II. Iwao Enokizu isn't waiting for God to make things right when only everything is wrong. |
| MovieMartyr.comJeremy HeilmanQuite literally, Imamura has created here a protagonist that's impossible to put easily to rest, and the ramifications of his examination reflect upon us all by showing how much we're willing to ignore to achieve piece of mind. |
| BBCMatthew LeylandMade in 1979, the film has aged superbly, the shock of its violence and acuity of its insights still retaining their punch. True, its lengthy running time is demanding and the momentum does dip in the second half, but it's held together by cool-headed technique and Ken Ogata's imposing lead performance. |
