Village of Doom Blu-ray Unearthed Films Noboru Tanaka 1983 Tsuyama massacre

Powerful cinema about the deadliest mass murder spree in Japanese history!

Introducing Unearthed Films' Limited Edition Blu-ray for Village of Doom, 1983 thriller from cult director Noboru Tanaka (Rape and Death of a Housewife), which based on real events of the 1938 Tsuyama massacre.

A classic Japanese true crime story, Village of Doom is a chilling reenactment of the infamous Tsuyama Massacre, a revenge killing spree that occurred on the night of 21 May 1938 in the rural village of Kamo near Tsuyama in Okayama Prefecture. Mutsuo Toi, an emotionally distraught 21-year-old man who had been ostracized by his fellow villagers, went on a violent killing spree that took the lives of 30 people, including his own grandmother. Before finally killing himself, Toi visited his revenge upon the village using a shotgun, Japanese sword and axe. It remains the deadliest mass murder spree in Japanese history.

Limited Edition Features:

• Limited Edition Slipcase (first run only)

Feature/Extras: 

• Audio commentary by Asian film experts Arne Venema and Mike Leeder
• Dark Asia with Megan: Case #57 Japan's Darkest Night, Tsuyama Massacre
• Promotional Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
  

Technical Specs:

• Production Year: 1983
• Running Time: 106
• Audio: Mono
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1:85.1