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The Cannibal That Walked Free (2007) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2007 · 47 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Toby Dye
- Starring
- Issei Sagawa, Struan Rodger, Philippe Lemaire, Jacques Poinas, Patrick Duval, Olivier Foll
Produced by Visual Voodoo for Channel Five, this British documentary—also released as Cannibal Superstar—offers unprecedented access to Issei Sagawa, the Japanese man who gained infamy for murdering and cannibalising a Dutch student. It investigates the unsettling psychology behind his actions and the strange, celebrity‑type fame that followed, probing how media and public fascination turned a grisly crime into a cultural phenomenon.
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