Serpent's Path
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“Violence escalates as a man seeks revenge for the murder of his daughter.”
With the help of a mysterious acquaintance, a former low-level yakuza tracks down and kidnaps the man he believes kidnapped and murdered his daughter, but others are soon implicated in the death.
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Part of 修羅の極道
2 films
Cast
26 people
Show Aikawa
Nijima
Known for
Gozu
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Teruyuki Kagawa
Miyashita
Known for
Tales from Earthsea
Tokyo Sonata
Hiroshi Takahashi
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Known for
Reincarnation
Tetsuya Ikeda
Also in
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Masaki Tamura
Yûrei Yanagi
Hiyama
Known for
Ju-on: The Curse
Boiling Point
Atsuyuki Shimoda
Tomoyuki Maruo
Shirō Shimomoto
Otsuki
Also in
S&M Hunter
Door
Makio Ika
Tsutomu Tsuchikawa
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director · Hiroshi Takahashi Writer Hikaru Yoshida Composer
First release February 21, 1998 · Produced in Japan · Original title 蛇の道
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
蛇の道
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 21, 1998
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
July 22, 2026 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 19, 2024 · Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Festival (4K Restoration)
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