Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
- Original title
- 日本の夜と霧
- Directed by
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 29 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows former student activists who reunite for a wedding. They confront unresolved conflicts from their involvement in leftist movements, as memories of protests and ideological betrayals resurface.
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What happens
Night and Fog in Japan (日本の夜と霧, Nihon no Yoru to Kiri) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It deals with the contemporaneous Zengakuren opposition but also evokes the 1960 protests against the Anpo treaty; this political content is related to the particular approach of memory and interpersonal dynamics of social movements in the film. The film is often further interpreted as the weakness of the Japanese left throughout the late 1940s and 1950s, particularly as a result of Stalinist influence, in which many ideas within the film that could represent the Comintern are heavily critiqued. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Naked Island (1960)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.