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Koshikei / Death by Hanging

Nagisa Oshima
Japan      117 m.
Synopsis

A dark satire following the Kafkaesque ups and downs of a Korean man condemned to death who survives hanging. Based on a true story, the film demonstrates the extent to which Oshima cleverly drew on the teachings of modern European cinema.

Director
Nagisa Oshima
Screenplay
Nagisa Oshima, Takeshi (Tsutomu) Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Michinori Fukao
Production
Sozosha/Nippon Art Theater Guild (ATG)
Masayuki Nakajima, Takuji Yamaguchi, Nagisa Oshima
Photography
Yasuhiro Yoshioka
Edition
Keiichi Uraoka
Music
Hikaru Hayashi
Cast
Kei Sato, Fumio Watanabe, Toshiro Ishido, Masao Adachi, Rokko (Mutsuhiro) Toura
Running Time
117 m.
Country
Japan
Year
1968
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