Vengeance Is Mine
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Vengeance Is Mine is a 1979 Japanese crime drama film by Shōhei Imamura that portrays the life and psychology of a real-life serial killer in postwar Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vengeance Is Mine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8624580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vengeance Is Mine Context triple: [Imamura Shohei, notableWork, Vengeance Is Mine]
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A.
Vengeance Is Mine!
"Vengeance Is Mine!" is a hardboiled crime novel by Mickey Spillane featuring his iconic private detective Mike Hammer in a gritty tale of murder and revenge.
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B.
Vengeance
Vengeance is a 2022 dark comedy-thriller film written and directed by B.J. Novak that follows a New York writer-podcaster investigating a mysterious death in Texas.
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C.
The Sound of Revenge
The Sound of Revenge is the debut studio album by American rapper Chamillionaire, best known for featuring the hit single "Ridin'."
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D.
A Terrible Vengeance
"A Terrible Vengeance" is a dark, supernatural short story by Nikolai Gogol that blends Ukrainian folklore with themes of betrayal, fate, and retribution.
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E.
God of Vengeance
God of Vengeance is a controversial early 20th-century Yiddish play by Sholem Asch, best known for its groundbreaking depiction of a lesbian relationship and its critique of religious hypocrisy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vengeance Is Mine Target entity description: Vengeance Is Mine is a 1979 Japanese crime drama film by Shōhei Imamura that portrays the life and psychology of a real-life serial killer in postwar Japan.
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A.
Vengeance Is Mine!
"Vengeance Is Mine!" is a hardboiled crime novel by Mickey Spillane featuring his iconic private detective Mike Hammer in a gritty tale of murder and revenge.
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B.
Vengeance
Vengeance is a 2022 dark comedy-thriller film written and directed by B.J. Novak that follows a New York writer-podcaster investigating a mysterious death in Texas.
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C.
The Sound of Revenge
The Sound of Revenge is the debut studio album by American rapper Chamillionaire, best known for featuring the hit single "Ridin'."
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D.
A Terrible Vengeance
"A Terrible Vengeance" is a dark, supernatural short story by Nikolai Gogol that blends Ukrainian folklore with themes of betrayal, fate, and retribution.
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E.
God of Vengeance
God of Vengeance is a controversial early 20th-century Yiddish play by Sholem Asch, best known for its groundbreaking depiction of a lesbian relationship and its critique of religious hypocrisy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
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Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Vengeance Is Mine (non-fiction book)
NERFINISHED
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the life of serial killer Akira Nishiguchi ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Shinsaku Himeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| depicts |
multiple murders
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postwar Japanese society ⓘ |
| director | Shōhei Imamura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Japan
NERFINISHED
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international art-house circuit ⓘ |
| distributor | Toei Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Keiichi Uraoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | live-action ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
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crime ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | R (in some territories) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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moral ambiguity ⓘ social dislocation in postwar Japan ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real-life serial killer in postwar Japan ⓘ |
| musicBy | Shin’ichirō Ikebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
life of a serial killer
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psychology of a serial killer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Shōhei Imamura filmography ⓘ |
| producer | Kazuo Inoue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 140 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Masaru Baba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| stars |
Chocho Miyako
NERFINISHED
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Ken Ogata NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayumi Ogawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitsuko Baisho NERFINISHED ⓘ Rentaro Mikuni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vengeance Is Mine Description of subject: Vengeance Is Mine is a 1979 Japanese crime drama film by Shōhei Imamura that portrays the life and psychology of a real-life serial killer in postwar Japan.
Referenced by (2)
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