Serpent's Path
Original title: Hebi no michi
“Violence escalates as a man seeks revenge for the murder of his daughter.”
1998 · 1 h 25 min
Kiyoshi KurosawaCast
Shō Aikawa 
Teruyuki Kagawa 
Yûrei Yanagi Shirô Shimomoto 
Kaei Okina Kaoru Sunada
Credits
Written by: 
Hiroshi Takahashi
Plot
With the help of a mysterious acquaintance, a grieving father abducts and tortures the men who killed his daughter.
Sinekatalog’s take
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's thriller, with Sho Aikawa and Teruyuki Kagawa, is cold and bleak, a stark revenge story with an unsettling twist.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,580 votes)
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