A.K.A. Serial Killer
| A.K.A. Serial Killer | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Masao Adachi |
| Produced by | Masao Matsuda |
| Cinematography | Masayuki Nonomura |
| Edited by |
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| Music by | Mototeru Takagi and Masahiko Togashi[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes[2][3] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
A.K.A. Serial Killer (Japanese: 略称・連続射殺魔, Hepburn: Ryakushō: renzoku shasatsuma) is a Japanese documentary film directed by Masao Adachi about serial killer Norio Nagayama. Completed in 1969, it was first shown publicly in 1975.[2][3][4] Adachi collaborated on the film with critic Matsuda Masao, directors Kōji Wakamatsu and Nagisa Ōshima, and screenwriter Mamoru Sasaki.[4][5]
The soundtrack consists of free improvisations by Mototeru Takagi and Masahiko Togashi.[1] An edited version of the soundtrack was released as Isolation by Colombia Records.[1]
See also
[edit]- Live Today, Die Tomorrow!, a 1970 drama film on Nagayama
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Soejima, Teruto (2018) [2002]. Free Jazz in Japan: A Personal History. Translated by Kato, David Hopkins. Public Bath Press. pp. 81–84. ISBN 978-4-9908636-5-4.
- ^ a b c "略称・連続射殺魔 (A.K.A. Serial Killer)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "略称・連続射殺魔 (A.K.A. Serial Killer)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ a b Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Scarecrow Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-0810857957.
- ^ Furuhata, Yuriko (2013). Cinema of Actuality: Japanese Avant-Garde Filmmaking in the Season of Image Politics. Duke University Press Books. p. 119. ISBN 978-0822355045.
External links
[edit]- A.K.A. Serial Killer at IMDb
- Inuhiko, Yomota (May 2001). "Here and There: Yomota Inuhiko traces the life course of a most radical filmmaking figure". Look Japan. Archived from the original on 22 June 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
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