# Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder at Institute of Contemporary Arts, Sunday 1 November 2026, 14:00.

- Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London
- Go to page: https://ica.art/films/imamura-intentions-of-murder

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Intentions of Murder is a screening of Shōhei Imamura's 1964 film about Sadako, a young housewife bullied by her mother-in-law and philandering husband, whose life is violently upended when a home invader assaults her and later returns to profess his love. The film slips between dreams, memories and misremembrances as her family treats her like a slave and her days unfold in gruelling detail. Imamura lays bare the contradictions of Japan's rapid industrialization, showing how the drive towards modernity is undermined by violent desires and primal superstitions. Brutal and beautiful, it builds to an apogee of his work in his first decade.

## Dates

- Sunday 1 November 14:00 — Institute of Contemporary Arts

Written by a model, sources: [ica.art](https://ica.art/films/imamura-intentions-of-murder)

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