An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree.

A classic Japanese true crime story, Village of Doom is a chilling reenactment of the infamous Tsuyama Massacre, a revenge killing spree that occurred on the night of 21 May 1938 in the rural village of Kamo near Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture. Mutsuo Toi, an emotionally distraught 21-year-old man who had been ostracized by his fellow villagers, went on a violent killing spree that took the lives of 30 people, including his own grandmother. Before finally killing himself, Toi visited his revenge upon the village using a shotgun, Japanese sword and axe. It remains the deadliest mass murder spree in Japanese history.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• Audio commentary by Asian film experts Arne Venema and Mike Leeder
• Dark Asia with Megan: Case #57 Japan's Darkest Night, Tsuyama Massacre
• Promotional Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Masato Furuoya as Tsugio Inumaru
•       Kumiko Ôba as Kazuko Takenaka(as Kumiko Ohba)
•       Isao Natsuyagi as Yuzo Akagi

Director: Noboru Tanaka

Additional Details

Label: Unearthed Classics

Genre: Horror

Language: Japanese

Run Time: 106 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 10/22/24

UPC: 760137161653