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Death by Hanging
絞死刑
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
1968•1h 57m•NR•★ 7.6
Comedy / Crime / Drama
Synopsis
When an ethnic Korean youth survives his execution by hanging at a Japanese prison and wakes up with total amnesia, the bewildered prison officials, doctor, and prosecutor absurdly attempt to reenact his crimes to restore his guilt so they can legally hang him again. Nagisa Ōshima's incendiary, Brechtian absurdist dark satire on capital punishment and anti-Korean racism.
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DirectorNagisa Ōshima
WriterMamoru SasakiMichinori FukaoNagisa ŌshimaTsutomu Tamura
CinematographyYasuhiro Yoshioka
MusicHikaru Hayashi
Principal Cast
Yun Yun-DoR
Kei SatōPrison warden
Fumio WatanabeEducation Officer
Toshirō IshidōPriest
Masao AdachiChief of Guards
Rokkō TouraDoctor
Hōsei KomatsuDistrict attorney
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Masao MatsudaSecretary of the D.A.Technical Specifications
Runtime1h 57m (117 mins)
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DirectorNagisa Ōshima
LanguagesJapanese, Korean
CountryJP
StudioSozo-sha • Art Theatre Guild
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