Death by Hanging (1968)

Original title

絞死刑

Directed by

Nagisa Ōshima

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 112 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Korean man is executed but survives the hanging. He then faces a series of philosophical and psychological interrogations about guilt, identity, and state violence.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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