Vermin (1965) poster
1965 · crime · latvian · soviet

Vermin

Directed by Hideo Sekigawa1h 23m1965
ElsewhereTMDB8.01
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / latvian, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Vermin (1965) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · latvian · soviet entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a sleazy sixties Japanese yakuza scam thriller with style.

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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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