# Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

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**Original title**: *復讐するは我にあり*
**Runtime**: 140 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Shōhei Imamura
**Written by**: Masaru Baba, Shunsaku Ikehata
**Starring**: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Mitsuko Baisho, Frankie Sakai, Kazuo Kitamura, Chōchō Miyako

> *Living only for today — for pleasure. A killer who gets what he wants — including death.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You live on the run as a cunning thief and murderer, but then your past catches up, and Shōhei Imamura directs this dark tale.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, gut-punch, raw

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