With upcoming horror Chime also in the pipeline, director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is now off and about as Kadokawa ramps up its promo on his latest crime thriller, Serpent’s Path. The film is a remake of Kurosawa’s 1998 Sho Aikawa starrer, and now employs a French-language framework that accomodates Poor Things and The Edge Of The Blade actor Damien Bonnard, along with actress Kou Shibasaki from Don’t Call it Mystery: The Movie and The Three Sisters Of Tenmasou.
In the suburbs of Paris, Albert, a freelance reporter, vows to take revenge for the brutal murder of his young daughter while Sayoko, a Japanese female doctor, assists him in his quest for revenge. With Sayoko’s skillful guidance, the two get closer to the truth behind Albert’s daughter’s death, but it turns out that a mysterious cult and human traffickers are involved in the case. When they finally get close to the truth, Sayoko’s real intention is revealed… What is Sayoko’s true purpose, and why does she help Albert to complete the revenge in such a ruthless way?
Serpent’s Path hails from Kadokawa Corporation and Cinefrance Studios. If the first teaser is any hint, moviegoers in Japan will have first dibs come June 14.
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