TY - BOOK AU - Shôhei Imamura AU - Shôhei Imamura AU - Shinji Fujiwara AU - Keiji Hasebe AU - Masumi Harukawa AU - Kô Nishimura AU - Shigeru Tsuyuguchi TI - Akai satsui: Intentions of Murder AV - PN1997 .A535 1964 PY - 1964/// CY - Japan PB - Nikkatsu, Janus Films N1 - Special features include: - Conversation between Shohei Imamura and critic Tadao Sato about the film - Interview with critic and historian Tony Rayns N2 - From case cover: Sadako (Masumi Harukawa), cursed by generations before her and neglected by her common-law husband, falls prey to a brutal home intruder. But rather than become a victim, she forges a path to her own awakening. This disturbing and pitiless evocation of domestic drudgery and sexual violence is also a fascinating, unsentimental account of one woman's determination. Filled with director Shohei Imamura's characteristic flashbacks and dream sequences, Intentions of Murder is a gripping, audacious portrait of a woman coming into her own in a man's world ER -