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I, the Executioner
Minagoroshi no reika
1968
Synopsis
A mysterious man corners and tortures a woman in her own apartment. He forces the victim to write out the names of four other women, before brutally murdering her. As his killing spree stokes terror across town, the police investigate the link between the slayings and the suicide of a young boy.
Editorial
A pioneer of the yakuza genre, Tai Kato portrays wayward killers and their murderous deeds with stark psychological realism. Peering between the sky-high buildings mushrooming across postwar Tokyo, this dark parable of righteous rage exposes the moral rot that festers amid economic prosperity.
