AKA Serial Killer documents the social upheaval and political oppression that roiled Japan in the 1960s, profiling a nineteen-year-old serial killer Norio Nagayama. An indictment of media sensationalism, the film humanizes the young man by situating his crimes in the larger context of his environment.
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Masao Adachi Director · Sachiko Yamada Editor Fusako Ichimura Editor
United States release March 2, 2013 · Produced in Japan · Original title 略称連続射殺魔
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Japan
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Original title
略称連続射殺魔
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 31, 1975
Theatrical
United States · March 2, 2013
Limited theatrical · Harvard Film Archive
Germany
March 13, 2018 · Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf
Netherlands
January 30, 2016 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Russia
December 12, 2017 · Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
South Korea
May 6, 2024 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
Spain
June 24, 2017 · Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture
Thailand
August 24, 2017 · JAM Bangkok
United Kingdom
December 2, 2018 · Document Human Rights Film Festival
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