A.K.A. Serial Killer (1975)

01/31/1975 (JP) • Crime, Documentary • 1h 26m

Overview

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.

A.K.A. Serial Killer (1975)

01/31/1975 (JP) • 1h 26m

Crime, Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Masao Adachi

Narrator (voice)

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

serial killer

landscape

fukeiron

landscape theory

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