A.K.A. Serial Killer (1975)

Name: A.K.A. Serial Killer
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 1975-01-31

1h 26m

Running Time

Plot.

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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Cast & Crew.

Masao Adachi

Narrator (voice) / Director / Writer / Producer

Kōji Wakamatsu

Producer

Mototeru Takagi

Music

Masahiko Togashi

Music

Yutaka Yamazaki

Cinematography

Sachiko Yamada

Editor

Fusako Ichimura

Editor

Susumu Iwabuchi

Assistant Director

Mamoru Sasaki

Executive Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 31, 1975

Original Name
略称連続射殺魔

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Genres
Documentary Crime

Last updated: 2023-11-15

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Wiki.

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. Adachi collaborated on the film with critic Matsuda Masao, directors Kōji Wakamatsu and Nagisa Ōshima, and screenwriter Mamoru Sasaki.