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I, the Executioner (みな殺しの霊歌, Minagoroshi no Reika, aka Requiem for a Massacre) is a 1968 Japanese neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Tai Kato, who co-wrote the screenplay with Haruhiko Mimura and Yoji Yamada, based on a story by Tadashi Hiromi.
Full of tonality, flooded with light, and driven at a fear-inducing pace, I, The Executioner aka Requiem for a Massacre (which I reckon is a more appropriate title for this disturbing tale of human destruction) is an entertaining crime thriller with moments of pure horror.
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Sep 10, 2012 · Up there with Oshima's Violence at Noon and Imamura's Vengeance Is Mine as one of Japan's most disturbing anatomies of a serial killer, Kato's shattering film e.
Jan 26, 2024 · After falling head over heels for Elegant Beast (1962), I was delighted to be jumping back into 60’s Japan for Radiance’s latest release I, The Executioner (1968), a neo-noir directed by former Akira Kurosawa protégée Tai Kato.
Tadashi Hiromi. Story. Yoji Yamada. Writer. Haruhiko Mimura. Writer. Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.
Blu-Ray. Japanese crime film. A serial killer rapes and kills women who are bound together by a secret. A hard-hitting film with some scenes bordering on sadism, as Thanatos is never far from Eros…
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Movie Info. Synopsis Police investigate the links between the murders of five women and the suicide of a 16-year-old boy. Director. Tai Katô. Screenwriter....
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