A.K.A. Serial Killer

A.K.A. Serial Killer
Directed byMasao Adachi
Produced byMasao Matsuda
CinematographyMasayuki Nonomura
Edited by
  • Sachiko Yamada
  • Fusako Ichimura
Music byMototeru Takagi and Masahiko Togashi
Release date
  • January 31, 1975 (1975-01-31) (Japan)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

A.K.A. Serial Killer (Japanese: 略称・連続射殺魔, Hepburn: Ryakushō: renzoku shasatsuma) is a Japanese documentary film directed by Masao Adachi about serial killer Norio Nagayama. Completed in 1969, it was first shown publicly in 1975. Adachi collaborated on the film with critic Matsuda Masao, directors Kōji Wakamatsu and Nagisa Ōshima, and screenwriter Mamoru Sasaki.

The soundtrack consists of free improvisations by Mototeru Takagi and Masahiko Togashi. An edited version of the soundtrack was released as Isolation by Colombia Records.