Caniba (2018)
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Synopsis
Caniba reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalistic desire in human existence through the prism of one Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, and his mysterious relationship with his brother, Jun Sagawa. As a 32-year-old student at the Sorbonne in Paris, Issei Sagawa was arrested on June 13, 1981 when spotted emptying two bloody suitcases containing the remains of his Dutch classmate, Renée Hartevelt. Two days earlier, Mr. Sagawa had killed Hartevelt and began eating her. Declared legally insane, he returned to Japan. He has been a free man ever since. Ostracized from society, he has made his living off his crime by writing novels, drawing manga, appearing in innumerable documentaries and sexploitation films in which he reenacts his crime, and even becoming a food critic.
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | October 19th, 2018 (Limited) by Grasshopper Film |
| Video Release: | October 6th, 2020 by Grasshopper Film |
| Running Time: | 92 minutes |
| Geographical setting: | Japan, Paris |
| Plot point: | Artists, Cannibalism, Mental Illness |
| Time period setting: | 1980s |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Agent a Norte, S.E.L. |
| Production Countries: | France, United States |
| Languages: | Japanese |
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Synopsis
Caniba reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalistic desire in human existence through the prism of one Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, and his mysterious relationship with his brother, Jun Sagawa. As a 32-year-old student at the Sorbonne in Paris, Issei Sagawa was arrested on June 13, 1981 when spotted emptying two bloody suitcases containing the remains of his Dutch classmate, Renée Hartevelt. Two days earlier, Mr. Sagawa had killed Hartevelt and began eating her. Declared legally insane, he returned to Japan. He has been a free man ever since. Ostracized from society, he has made his living off his crime by writing novels, drawing manga, appearing in innumerable documentaries and sexploitation films in which he reenacts his crime, and even becoming a food critic.
Metrics
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | October 19th, 2018 (Limited) by Grasshopper Film |
| Video Release: | October 6th, 2020 by Grasshopper Film |
| Running Time: | 92 minutes |
| Geographical setting: | Japan, Paris |
| Plot point: | Artists, Cannibalism, Mental Illness |
| Time period setting: | 1980s |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Agent a Norte, S.E.L. |
| Production Countries: | France, United States |
| Languages: | Japanese |
Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.