''Serpent's Path'' () is a 2024

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directed by

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starring

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and

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. A French-language remake of Kurosawa's 1998 film of the same name, ''Serpent's Path'' screened at the 2024

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Premise

Grieving father Albert enlists Japanese psychiatrist Sayoko to exact revenge on members of The Circle, an

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organization involved in the death of his eight-year-old daughter.

Cast

Damien Bonnard Damien Bonnard (born 22 July 1978) is a French actor. Filmography References External links

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as Albert Bacheret *

as Sayoko Mijima *

Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He has won several César Awards and the Lumière Awards. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'', in which he pla ...

as Laval *

Grégoire Colin Grégoire Colin (born 25 July 1975) is a French actor. Career Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama '' Olivier, Olivier'' when he was ...

as Pierre Guérin * Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yoshimura, Sayoko's patient *

Munetaka Aoki is a Japanese actor. He played Sanosuke Sagara in the live action adaptation of the manga and anime series ''Rurouni Kenshin'', and engineer Sōsaku Tachibana in ''Godzilla Minus One''. He is married to Japanese actress and model Yūka. Film ...

as Soichiro, Sayoko's husband

Production

According to Kurosawa, the film originated with Cinefrance Studios' offer to remake one of his prior films in France. Kurosawa and French journalist Aurélien Ferenczi wrote the new version of the screenplay, changing the gender of the doctor role from the original screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi. ''Serpent's Path'' was filmed on location in France in 2023.

Release

''Serpent's Path'' was released theatrically in Japan on 14 June 2024. The film will screen in competition at the

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in September 2024. It was also selected in Gala Presentation at the

29th Busan International Film Festival The 29th Busan International Film Festival () opened on October 2 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, with South Korean film ''Uprising (2024 film), Uprising'' by Kim Sang-man, and screened 278 films from 63 countries, including 224 officially ...

to be screened on October 4, 2024.

Reception

Accolades

References

External links

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