The Hunters Diary, Ryojin nikki, 猟人日記 (1964) dir. Kō Nakahira
Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo. While living in a hotel, he is also renting an apartment for fulfilling his sexual appetite. There, he records the results of his girl hunts to the last detail in his diary, which he titles Hunter s Diary. One day, he finds a newspaper article about a young woman who was strangled to death. The victim s name seems familiar to him. A few days later, another similar murder case occurs. And again, he notices that the victim was his prey in the past. He soon finds himself in a labyrinth of fear, as the serial murder cases continue and the women he related are eliminated, one by one.
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