---
title: 'Vengeance Is Mine (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shohei Imamura'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/vengeance-is-mine-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079182/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

1979 · 140 min · Drama, Crime · Japan

Original title: 復讐するは我にあり

## Synopsis

Vengeance Is Mine  is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Shōhei Imamura, based on the book of the same name by Ryūzō Saki. It depicts the true story of serial killer Akira Nishiguchi, changing the protagonist's name to Iwao Enokizu.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shohei Imamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/shohei-imamura)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shinichiro Ikebe](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinichiro-ikebe)
- **Producer:** [Kazuo Inoue](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-inoue)
- **Director of Photography:** [Shinsaku Himeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinsaku-himeda)

## Cast

- [Taiji Tonoyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/taiji-tonoyama)
- [Ken Ogata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-ogata)
- [Mayumi Ogawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/mayumi-ogawa)
- [Frankie Sakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-sakai)
- [Rentarō Mikuni](https://cinepixo.com/people/rentaro-mikuni)
- [Mitsuko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuko-baisho)
- [Kazuko Shirakawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuko-shirakawa)
- [Toshie Negishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshie-negishi)
- [Yoshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-kato)

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