The Devil's Path
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, steady, extreme crime / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking out the story, based on Sudo's tip, Fuji becomes convinced that the letter is correct. But, a lot of time has passed from the incidents and Sudo's testimony isn't clear. Due to the persistance of Sudo, who is a former yakuza, and Fuji, the police begin to move.
Our read · The Devil's Path (2013) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · thriller · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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