A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
Acting
Ken Ogata's grin hides pure emptiness — terrifyingly seductive.
Direction
Imamura refuses moral judgment; he just watches, like us.
Editing
Nonlinear structure mirrors Enokizu's fractured, present-tense existence.
Director
Shōhei Imamura
Ken Ogata
Iwao Enokizu
Mayumi Ogawa
Haru Asano
Mitsuko Baisho
Kazuko Enokizu
Frankie Sakai
Inspector Kawai
Kazuo Kitamura
Shigomi Deike
Chōchō Miyako
Kayo Enokizu
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Hisano Asano
Rentaro Mikuni
Shizuo Enokizu
Taiji Tonoyama
Tanejiro Shibata
Gorō Tarumi
Daihachi Baba
Moeko Ezawa
Chiyoko Hata
Kazuko Shirakawa
Sachiko
Torahiko Hamada
Investigator Yoshino
Yasuhisa Sonoda
Inspector Kuwata
Akira Hamada
Detective Ichikawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real serial killer Akira Nishiguchi; Imamura interviewed him extensively and found him 'boring,' which terrified him more.
The 1979 release coincided with Japan's 'serial killer boom' in media, but Imamura rejected exploitation — his Enokizu is banal evil, not charismatic antihero.
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