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Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living · 1993

Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living (1993) is a Documentary film directed by Yoshi Tezuka, starring Issei Sagawa, Colin Wilson, Suguru Kubota.

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Overview

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.

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What is "Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living" about?

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.

When was "Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living" released?

Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living was released in 1993.

Who stars in "Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living"?

The cast includes Issei Sagawa, Colin Wilson, Suguru Kubota, Tetsuo Amano.