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{{Infobox film
| name           = Chō Akunin
| director       = [[Kōji Shiraishi]]
| starring       = {{Unbulleted list|Yaeko Kiyose|Chika Kuboyama|Shijimi}}
| cinematography = Kōichi Furuya
| released       = {{Film date|2011}}
| country        = Japan
| language       = Japanese
| runtime = 90 minutes
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Chō Akunin'''''|超・悪人|''Hyper Villain''}} is a 2011 [[found footage (pseudo-documentary)|"found footage"]] film directed by [[Kōji Shiraishi]].<ref>[http://echecetcinemat.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/cho-akunin-shiraishi-koji-2011/ échec et (ciné)mat], "''Chō akunin, Shiraishi Kōji(2011)''" (May 31st, 2011 - retrieved on October 20th, 2012).</ref>

==Plot==

A criminal gossip magazine receives a video tape from Japan's most notorious criminal rapist, the "Hyper Villain" Shouhei Eno. On the tape, Eno reveals himself and proclaims he has raped 107 girls in 10 years. He also offers the magazine a chance to interview him and film his upcoming 108th rape.<ref>{{Citation |title=Chô Akunin |url=https://mubi.com/es/films/cho-akunin |access-date=2023-05-30 |language=es}}</ref>

== Cast ==

* Eri Aoki as Maid
* Hiroaki Kawatsure as Bartender
* Yaeko Kiyose as Yakeo Kurose
* Chika Kuboyama as Humiliated Maid
* Kazuya Makino as Guest
* Shijimi as Miwa
* [[Kōji Shiraishi|Kôji Shiraishi]] as Cojee Shiraishi
* Mayumi Takahashi as Mayumi Tsukahashi
* Shôhei Uno as Shohei Eno/Hyper Villain

==See also==

*''[[The Curse (2005 film)|The Curse]]'' (2005), another "found footage" [[mockumentary]] by the same director.
*''[[Occult (2009 film)|Occult]]'' (2009), another "found footage" mockumentary by the same director.
*''[[Shirome (film)|Shirome]]'' (2010), another "found footage" mockumentary from the same director.
*''[[Bachiatari bouryuku ningen]]'' (2011), another "found footage" mockumentary from the same director.

==References==

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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1867521|Chō Akunin}}

{{Kōji Shiraishi}}

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[[Category:2011 horror films]]
[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:Found footage films]]
[[Category:Japanese horror films]]
[[Category:2010s Japanese-language films]]
[[Category:2010s mockumentary films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Kōji Shiraishi]]
[[Category:Japanese psychological horror films]]
[[Category:Japanese supernatural horror films]]
[[Category:Japanese erotic films]]
[[Category:Films about rape]]
[[Category:2011 Japanese films]]


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