Death by Hanging

The first film planned and produced by ATG, Oshima’s subversive and provocatively absurd reconstruction of the murder crime of a young Korean man, who is executed but refuses to die, is an ingeniously conceived farce on intolerance, assimilation and capital punishment.

1968, 117 min., 35mm, b&w. Directed by Nagisa Oshima. With Kei Sato, Fumio Watanabe and Masao Adachi. Print courtesy of New Yorker Films.

Read Death by Hanging article by Roland Domenig (PDF)

Part of the Globus Film Series:
Shinjuku Ecstasy:
Independent Films from the Art Theatre Guild of Japan

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