Death by Hanging
絞死刑
Japan • 1968
Director
#798Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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. 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, Oshima’s constantly surprising film is a subversive and surreal indictment of both capital punishment and the treatment of Korean immigrants in his country.
Synopsis
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. 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, Oshima’s constantly surprising film is a subversive and surreal indictment of both capital punishment and the treatment of Korean immigrants in his country.
Credits
Crew
DirectorNagisa Ōshima
CinematographerYasuhiro Yoshioka
ComposerHikaru Hayashi
EditorSueko Shiraishi, Keiichi Uraoka
ProducerTakuji Yamaguchi, Masayuki Nakajima, Nagisa Ōshima
Cast
Yun Yun-Doas R