The Devil's Path

This article is about the 2013 film. For other uses, see Devil's Path.

The Devil's Path (凶悪, Kyōaku) is a 2013 Japanese crime drama film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Takayuki Yamada, Lily Franky, and Pierre Taki.

The Devil's Path
The Original Japanese Poster.
Directed by	Kazuya Shiraishi
Written by	Izumi Takahashi Kazuya Shiraishi
Produced by	Yoshinori Chiba
Starring	Takayuki Yamada Lily Franky Pierre Taki
Cinematography	Takahiro Imai
Edited by	Hitomi Kato
Music by	Goro Yasukawa
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release dates	August 23, 2013 (2013-08-23) (The World Film Festival) September 21, 2013 (2013-09-21) (Japan)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

This Film was inspired by serial murder case which involved the Ryoji Goto and Shizuo Mikami.

Cast

• Takayuki Yamada as Shuichi Fujii
• Lily Franky as Takao Kimura
• Pierre Taki as Junji Sudo
• Chizuru Ikewaki as Yoko Fujii
• Kazuko Shirakawa as Yurie Ushiba
• Katsuya Kobayashi as Kuniyuki Igarashi
• Ryotaro Yonemura as Kenichi Sasaki
• Izumi Matsuoka as Shizue Tono
• Yu Saito as Yoshimasa Hino
• Jitsuko Yoshimura as Kazuko Fujii
• Boo Jiji as Satoru Ushiba
• Nozomi Muraoka as Rie Shibakawa

Reception

Film Business Asia's Derek Elley gave the film a rating of 7 out of 10.^[1] Kwenton Bellette of Twitch Film criticized the film.^[2]

The film has been nominated for several awards at the 37th Japan Academy Prize, including for Picture of the Year.