New Underground History of Japanese Violence: Vengeance Demon

Overview

A brother and sister live as outcasts from their hamlet due to a belief that mental illness runs in their family. A group of villagers plot to steal their property by beating and hanging the brother and gang-raping the sister. Believing the brother to be dead, scheming to kill the sister, and making both deaths look like accidents... unbeknownst to them, the brother survives and proceeds on a mission to slaughter those responsible in the hamlet.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 30, 1969

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Wakamatsu Production

Cast

Kazuya Taguchi,Tsûjin Suzuki,Michiyo Igawa,Hirô Yamaguchi,Akiko Tsushima,Hisashi Oka,Yoshiko Kitajima,Kohei Tsuzaki,Reiko Minamikawa,Ken Yoshizawaand 7 more

Director

Kōji Wakamatsu

Writer

Masao Adachi

Producer

Kōji Wakamatsu

Cinematography

Hideo Itō

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0291186