Portrayal in Popular Culture
Sagawa's story inspired the 1981 Stranglers song "La Folie", and the 1983 Rolling Stones song "Too Much Blood". A 1986 short film by Olivier Smolders called Adoration is based on Sagawa's story. In the same year, the TV channel Viasat Explorer released a 47-minute documentary film called "Cannibal Superstar". In 2010, www.VBS.TV did a short documentary about him, titled "VBS Meets: Issei Sagawa."
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