Mermaid Legend (3 Stars)

This is the 13th film in the Stuttgart Fantasy Film Festival.

The film was made in 1984, so why is it being shown at the festival now? After being shown at the Yokohoma Film Festival in 1984 it was lost. Weren't any backup copies of the tapes made? Evidently not. The film was finally found in 2021, and now everyone can see it.

An industrialist wants to build a nuclear power plant, so he's buying the land from fishermen on the coast. One fisherman who refuses to sell is murdered. The fisherman Keisuke is the only witness of the murder, so men are sent to kill him. His wife Migiwa takes revenge. She goes on a killing spree, killing the industrialist and everyone who has anything to do with the power plant.

I found the first half of the film slow and uninteresting, but once the killing started the film is brilliant.