The Devil's Path Explained

The Devil's Path
Director:	Kazuya Shiraishi
Producer:	Yoshinori Chiba
Starring:	Takayuki Yamada Lily Franky Pierre Taki
Music:	Goro Yasukawa
Cinematography:	Takahiro Imai
Editing:	Hitomi Kato
Distributor:	Nikkatsu
Runtime:	128 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 2013 Japanese crime drama film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Takayuki Yamada, Lily Franky, and Pierre Taki.

This Film was inspired by serial murder case which involved the Ryoji Goto and Shizuo Mikami.

Cast

• Takayuki Yamada as Shuichi Fujii
• Lily Franky as Takao Kimura
• Pierre Taki as Junji Sudo
• Chizuru Ikewaki as Yoko Fujii
• Kazuko Shirakawa as Yurie Ushiba
• Katsuya Kobayashi as Kuniyuki Igarashi
• Ryotaro Yonemura as Kenichi Sasaki
• Izumi Matsuoka as Shizue Tono
• Yu Saito as Yoshimasa Hino
• Jitsuko Yoshimura as Kazuko Fujii
• Boo Jiji as Satoru Ushiba
• Nozomi Muraoka as Rie Shibakawa

Reception

Film Business Asia's Derek Elley gave the film a rating of 7 out of 10.^[1] Kwenton Bellette of Twitch Film criticized the film.^[2]

The film has been nominated for several awards at the 37th Japan Academy Prize, including for Picture of the Year.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Devil's Path . Derek Elley. 9 December 2013. 30 January 2014. Film Business Asia.
2. Web site: 17th Japanese Film Festival 2013 Review: THE DEVIL'S PATH Is Murder Most Mediocre. Kwenton Bellette. 3 December 2013. Twitch Film.