Song of Vengeance

1968 1h 30m JA

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after another. It seems obvious that it is a former partner of the company with a long-standing grudge who is responsible, but he died in the first ten minutes of the movie. Or did he? This may aptly be described as a giallo-noir for the unrelenting string of murders by a mystery man and the black-and-white gritty urban setting.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yoshio Harada
竹中克巳
Ryōhei Uchida
城所譲二
Masuyo Iwamoto
由起子
Junkichi Orimoto
杉良
Atsuo Nakamura
安川
Yūsuke Takita
三島
Eijirō Tōno
看守Ａ
Torahiko Hamada

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Masahisa Sadanaga
Writers: Shintarō Ishihara
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Masahisa Sadanaga, shot by Tadashi Sakai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Riichirō Manabe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Yoshio Harada and Ryōhei Uchida and Masuyo Iwamoto carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0293169 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Masahisa Sadanaga directs. Tadashi Sakai behind the camera. Riichirō Manabe scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
258 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Masahisa Sadanaga, shot by Tadashi Sakai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Riichirō Manabe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Yoshio Harada and Ryōhei Uchida and Masuyo Iwamoto carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0293169 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.