Serpent's Path

Violence escalates as a man seeks revenge for the murder of his daughter.

With the help of a mysterious acquaintance, a former low-level yakuza member tracks down and kidnaps the man he believes kidnapped and murdered his daughter, but others are soon implicated in the death.

Crime · Thriller · Released on 1998-02-21

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lateen watched this on 2026-02-13

Great thriller with a great performance from both the leads. It wasn’t as heavy on the more open ended storytelling as Kurosawa’s previous movie Cure was, but it was definitely still there.

Something really interesting was how little significance was given to when people were hurt or died. When someone gets shot, they don’t scream, the sound effects are minimal, and they just… slowly fall over. It was a really neat touch that added to the uneasiness.

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