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Death Wish

Death Wish

■ Basic Data

ItemContent
Year1974
CountryUnited States
DirectorMichael Winner
CastCharles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, Stuart Margolin
GenreVigilante thriller

■ Title Language Table

LanguageTextRomanization
EnglishDeath Wish
EspañolEl justiciero de la ciudadEl justiciero de la ciudad
FrançaisUn justicier dans la villeUn justicier dans la ville
DeutschEin Mann sieht rotEin Mann sieht rot
PortuguêsDesejo de MatarDesejo de Matar
ItalianoIl giustiziere della notteIl giustiziere della notte
РусскийЖажда смертиZhazhda smerti
中文(简体)猛龙怪客
中文(繁體)猛龍怪客
한국어데스 위시Deseu wisi
ไทยDeath WishDeath Wish
Tiếng ViệtDeath WishDeath Wish
Bahasa IndonesiaDeath WishDeath Wish
日本語狼よさらばOkami yo saraba

■ One-Line Definition

👉 A work that depicts a structure in which institutional justice and private vengeance collide within urban fear and personal loss.


■ Synopsis

A man whose family is destroyed by violent crime becomes a vigilante after the legal order fails to restore meaning or safety.


■ RECIPE Tags

#PrivateJustice #VigilanteTransformation #UrbanFear #MoralCorrosion


■ Primary Axis

  • Entry: When the state cannot protect the victim
     Reason: Public order loses authority after violence enters the private home.
     Related Film: Harry Brown
  • Middle: Revenge becoming a substitute for justice
     Reason: Personal grief is converted into repeated punitive action.
     Related Film: The Brave One
  • Core: The avenger becoming what the wound requires
     Reason: The victim survives by accepting a violent identity that cannot restore the lost world.
     Related Film: Rolling Thunder

■ Secondary Axes

  • Urban disorder as moral permission: Fear of the city authorizes private violence as social correction.
     Related Film: Taxi Driver
  • Family violation as ethical rupture: Harm against loved ones collapses the boundary between justice and vengeance.
     Related Film: Prisoners

■ Person

  • Director: Michael Winner
  • Cast: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, Stuart Margolin

■ Structural Tags

#JusticeCollapse #RevengeSubstitution #ViolentSelfFormation


■ Attribute Tags

#UnitedStates #1974Film #VigilanteThriller

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