AKA Serial Killer

  • 86'
  • Japan
  • 1969
Between 11 October and 5 November 1968, teenager Nagayama Norio murdered four people in a killing spree across Japan with a shotgun stolen from a U.S. Army base. Adachi Masao, together with cultural theorist Matsuda Masao, scriptwriter Sasaki Mamoru and other collaborators, set out to trace the young man’s footsteps with a camera in hand. The result is an experimental documentary comprised purely of landscape shots, each of which shows scenery that Nagayama may or may not have seen during his upbringing and journey. Seeking an alternative to the sensationalism found in the media’s depiction of serial killers (which continues to this day), Adachi’s sparse voice-over provides only the hard facts while the increasing number of billboards in the landscapes slowly reveal the hegemony of capitalism in contemporary Japan. Launching the influential ‘landscape theory’ in Japanese film theory and practice, AKA Serial Killer is a landmark in political filmmaking.
  • 86'
  • Japan
  • 1969
Director
Adachi Masao
Country of production
Japan
Year
1969
Festival Edition
IFFR 2016
Length
86'
Medium
File
Original title
Ryakushô renzoku shasatsuma
Language
Japanese
Producer
Adachi Masao
Sales
Adachi Masao Screening Committee
Music
Aikura Hisato
Director
Adachi Masao
Country of production
Japan
Year
1969
Festival Edition
IFFR 2016
Length
86'
Medium
File
Original title
Ryakushô renzoku shasatsuma
Language
Japanese
Producer
Adachi Masao
Sales
Adachi Masao Screening Committee
Music
Aikura Hisato