Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Intentions of Murder

Play trailer Poster for Intentions of Murder 1964 2h 30m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 2 Reviews 60% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Sadako, cursed by generations before her and neglected by her common-law husband, falls prey to a brutal home intruder. However, she forges a path to her own awakening.

Critics Reviews

View More
Frank Urbach Los Angeles Free Press 02/05/2020
Film has a new poet. His name is [Shohei Imamura]. Go to Full Review Jeva Lange Screen Slate 01/14/2020
Intentions of Murder is one of the oddest yet most rewarding pieces in [Shohei] Imamura's considerable repertoire. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
william d @acsdoug 01/01/2023 Kind of a weird movie. The female protagonist has it pretty rough, but she's such a doormat it's hard to feel very sympathetic. The drama isn't too bad, I just don't think it's worth the two hour thirty minute running time. See more Read all reviews
Intentions of Murder

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Shôhei Imamura

Director

Masumi Harukawa

Sadako Takahashi

Kô Nishimura

Koichi Takahashi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Hiraoko

Yûko Kusunoki

Yoshiko Masuda

Ranko Akagi

Tadae Takahashi
View All

Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder (1964) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Sadako, cursed by generations before her and neglected by her common-law husband, falls prey to a brutal home intruder. However, she forges a path to her own awakening.
Director
Shôhei Imamura
Screenwriter
Keiji Hasebe, Shôhei Imamura, Shinji Fujiwara
Production Co
Nikkatsu Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 30m