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Death by Hanging (絞死刑, Kōshikei) is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. The film employs Brechtian techniques and complex treatments of guilt and consciousness, justice, and the persecution of ethnic Koreans in Japan.
Feb 24, 2021 · Death by Hanging (1968) by. Nagisa Ōshima. Publication date. 1968. Topics. film, movie, cinema, japanese cinema. Language.
- 118 min
Dec 8, 1971 · A Korean man survives a hanging execution and loses his memory in this satire of the death penalty and bureaucracy. Directed by Nagisa Ôshima, the film features a cast of Japanese actors and a voice-over narration.
- (3.4K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Nagisa Ôshima
- 1971-12-08
Death by Hanging. Genius provocateur Nagisa Oshima, an influential figure in the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s, made one of his most startling political statements with the compelling pitch-black satire Death by Hanging.
- R
A Korean man who raped and killed two girls is executed by hanging, but survives and loses his memory. The film explores the absurdity and hypocrisy of capital punishment, nationalism and justice in Japan.
- (10K)
- Art Theatre Guild, Sozosha
- Nagisa Ōshima
Feb 16, 2016 · Death by Hanging, simultaneously insouciant and claustrophobic, was a cinema-of-the-absurd milestone and ferocious entertainment on a par with The Exterminating Angel, Dr. Strangelove, Shock Corridor, and Weekend.
In this macabre farce, a Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next. At once disturbing and oddly amusing, Nagisa Ôshima’s constantly surprising film is a startlingly subversive and surreal political statement.
