The Devil's Path
2013 Japanese film
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The Devil's Path (凶悪, Kyōaku) is a 2013 Japanese crime drama film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Takayuki Yamada, Lily Franky, and Pierre Taki.
| The Devil's Path | |
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The Original Japanese Poster. | |
| Directed by | Kazuya Shiraishi |
| Written by | Izumi Takahashi Kazuya Shiraishi |
| Produced by | Yoshinori Chiba |
| Starring | Takayuki Yamada Lily Franky Pierre Taki |
| Cinematography | Takahiro Imai |
| Edited by | Hitomi Kato |
| Music by | Goro Yasukawa |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The film was inspired by serial murder case which involved the Ryoji Goto and Shizuo Mikami.
Cast
- Takayuki Yamada as Shuichi Fujii
- Lily Franky as Takao Kimura
- Pierre Taki as Junji Sudo
- Chizuru Ikewaki as Yoko Fujii
- Kazuko Shirakawa as Yurie Ushiba
- Katsuya Kobayashi as Kuniyuki Igarashi
- Ryotaro Yonemura as Kenichi Sasaki
- Izumi Matsuoka as Shizue Tono
- Yu Saito as Yoshimasa Hino
- Jitsuko Yoshimura as Kazuko Fujii
- Boo Jiji as Satoru Ushiba
- Nozomi Muraoka as Rie Shibakawa
Reception
Film Business Asia's Derek Elley gave the film a rating of 7 out of 10.[1] Kwenton Bellette of Twitch Film criticized the film.[2]
The film has been nominated for several awards at the 37th Japan Academy Prize, including for Picture of the Year.
