Serpent's Path

Feb 21, 1998

1h 26m

★ 6.8

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Serpent's Path Trailers

Cast

Nijima

Show Aikawa

Miyashita

Teruyuki Kagawa

Otsuki

Yûrei Yanagi

Hiyama

Shirō Shimomoto

Ariga

Kaei Okina

Ostuki's Mistress

Kaoru Sunada

Girl's Younger Brother

Takumi Tanji

Math Class Student

Hana Sato

Okabayashi

Satoshi Morihiro

Emi

Ayami Oda

Nijima's Daughter

Mizuho Tanaka

Hiyama's Underling

Kazutaka Niyama

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