Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living 1993
Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living
A filmed biography of Issei Sagawa, the Japanese student who shot his Dutch girlfriend, cut her up with a meat carver and boiled the remains. He then ate her. Several months later he was declared insane. While in a psychiatric hospital in France he wrote an account of his crime `In the Fog' which sold 200,000 copies. The French released him in 1984 on the condition that he remained in a mental hospital in Japan. One year later the Japanese hospital released him. Since then he has written five books on crime and is a minor celebrity lionised by the avant garde. Sagawa speaks extensively in the programme and reads passages from his books.
A filmed biography of Issei Sagawa, the Japanese student who shot his Dutch girlfriend, cut her up with a meat carver and boiled the remains. He then ate her. Several months later he was declared insane. While in a psychiatric hospital in France he wrote an account of his crime `In the Fog' which sold 200,000 copies. The French released him in 1984 on the condition that he remained in a mental hospital in Japan. One year later the Japanese hospital released him. Since then he has written five books on crime and is a minor celebrity lionised by the avant garde. Sagawa speaks extensively in the programme and reads passages from his books.
Videos & Photos
All 0 Videos & 1 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Himself
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Colin Wilson... Narrator
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Tetsuo Amano... publisher
... Self (archive footage)
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Release Date:
Nov 21, 1993 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
50`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living
Directors & Credit Writers
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Nigel Evans... Director
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Yoshi Tezuka... Director
Cast
... Himself
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Colin Wilson... Narrator
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TA
Tetsuo Amano... publisher
... Self (archive footage)
... Self
Produced By
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Nigel Evans... Producer