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A.K.A. Serial Killer(1975)
Status: Released
Date: 1975-01-31
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11 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: Japanese.
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Japan
Movie: A.K.A. Serial Killer
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足立正生
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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.
Release Date
1975-01-31
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5.682
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