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A double featuring from the director of TOKYO SONATA and PULSE, Kiyoshi Kurosawa. This release includes; SERPENT'S PATH and EYES OF THE SPIDER.

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EAN5060148530581

eBay Product ID (ePID)22048557310

Product Key Features

ActorSho Aikawa, Teruyuki Kagawa

Film/TV TitleEyes of the Spider / Serpent's Path (Box Set)

DirectorKiyoshi Kurosawa

LanguageJapanese

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time160 Mins

Release Year2013

FormatDVD

FeaturesWith Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureJapan

Additional InformationA double featuring from the director of TOKYO SONATA and PULSE, Kiyoshi Kurosawa. This release includes; SERPENT'S PATH and EYES OF THE SPIDER. When oddball auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa received an eccentric offer to make two films in two weeks, on a low budget and using the same cast, the result was the cinematic equivalent of fraternal twins. Though both SERPENT'S PATH and EYES OF THE SPIDER are gangster films about the desire for revenge, and both films feature a protagonist named Nijima played convincingly by Sho Aikawa, the two films are completely different in tone and plot. Nonetheless, they seem freakishly interlocked in ways that defy the conventionally linear relationship of a sequel, as each of these enigmatic, absorbing films elucidates and alters our understanding of the other. EYES OF THE SPIDER concerns Nijima, a white-collar worker who one day finds the man responsible for his young daughter's brutal rape and murder. He tortures and interrogates the man, who maintains his innocence, before killing and burying him. He returns to his ordinary life feeling listless and hollow, until he meets an old high school friend who introduces him to his hapless band of hired killers. His skill in the assassination business catches the attentions of a bigger crime boss. For reasons that remain opaque, Nijima is assigned to investigate his friend, which ultimately results in a bloody confrontation.

ScreenwriterKiyoshi Kurosawa

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleEyes Of The Spider / Serpent's Path (Box Set)