- Title: Witness 93:Excuse Me For Living
- Date: 21st November 1993
- Summary: IN JUNE 81 A JAPANESE POST GRAD STUDENT STUDYING AT SORBONNE IN PARIS SHOT HIS DUTCH GIRLFRIEND, CUT HER UP INTO LITTLE PIECES WITH AN ELECTRIC MEAT CARVER AND COOKED HER IN A SABU-SABU POT. HAVING CONSUMED SOME OF HER, HE CAREFULLY WRAPPED UP SOME CHOICE CUTS AND STORED THEM IN HIS FRIDGE. EXCUSE ME FOR LIVING IS A FILMED AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ENTIRELY NARRATED BY SAGAWA. USING EARLY HOME MOVIES OF HIS CHILDHOOD, IT CHARTS THE PROGRESS OF A FILMED AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ENTIRELY NARRATED BY SAGAWA. USING EARLY HOME MOVEIWS OF HIS CHILDHOOD, IT CHARTS THE PROGRESS OF A FANTASY THAT TURNED INTO AN OBSESSION AND THEN INTO A COMPULSION. PART TWO OF A FILM EXPLORES HOW HE WAS IN FACT 'RESCUED' FROM OBSCURITY BY MEDIA INTEREST. HOW THE CRIME TURNED HIM INTO A WRITER AND HOW HE ACTS OUT THE ROLE OF A 'MENTAL FREAK' TO MAKE A LIVING. LIONISED BY THE JAPANESE AVANT GUARDE, THE FILM ALSO EXPLORES SOME VERY STRANGE ASPECTS OF JAPANESE SOCIETY AND BELIEF.
- Description:AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CANNIBALISM AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF.A FILM BY NIGEL EVANS FOR THE "WITNESS" STRAND.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:PILGRIM PICTURES LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:21/11/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s