Serpent's Path

Rain-slicked backstreets at dusk, a payphone ringing once. A scarred ex-yakuza and an enigmatic stranger locate a suspect, bundle him into a car trunk. Three pairs of shoes left beside a river. A Kiyoshi Kurosawa thriller that walks back every step it takes.

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed Serpent's Path in 1998. See Kiyoshi Kurosawa's full filmography, where to start with Kiyoshi Kurosawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Serpent's Path was released in 1998 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 85 minutes.