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Death by Hanging
Directed by
Nagisa Ōshima
Not Rated
1968
1h 58m
Comedy
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Crime
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7.5
86%
85%
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A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce.
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Cast of Death by Hanging
Do-yun Yu
R
Kei Satō
Prison warden
Fumio Watanabe
Education Officer
Toshirō Ishidō
Priest
Masao Adachi
Chief of Guards
Rokkō Toura
Doctor
Hōsei Komatsu
District attorney
Masao Matsuda
Secretary of the D.A.
Akiko Koyama
Woman
Nagisa Ōshima
Narrator (voice) / Director / Writer / Producer
Takashi Ueno
Guard
Shizuo Satô
Guard
Keiko Sakurai
Takao Usui
Daiji Ozeki
Masayuki Hoshi
Akiko Terayima
Yuki Osaka
Kurumi Suzuki
Tsutomu Tamura
Writer
Michinori Fukao
Writer
Mamoru Sasaki
Writer
Takuji Yamaguchi
Producer
Masayuki Nakajima
Producer
Death by Hanging Ratings & Reviews
Washington City Paper
Pat Padua
One braces the emotions for what must inevitably be a laborious two-hour ordeal. Would you believe the movie is absolutely hilarious?
Psychocinematography
Pieter-Jan Van Haecke
Oshima's narrative is a true classic of political driven cinema that, perhaps contrary to one's expectations, remains as relevant today as it was in the past.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Morbidly amusing, Death by Hanging features many of Oshima's signature flourishes, and is a fascinating mixture of social issue drama and surreal black comedy.
Asian Movie Pulse
Panos Kotzathanasis
"Death by Hanging" is a unique film, both for its context and presentation, but also as the embodiment of Oshima's ideas regarding both society and cinema. A true classic.
Scene-Stealers.com
Eric Melin
It hits the same note a little too often, but as long as you know that another subversion is just around the corner, you'll be as thrilled by the movie as I am.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
It's brilliantly directed and co-written by Nagisa Oshima.
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
while it's ultimately quite clear what Oshima is getting at, the means by which he gets there become more irritating than enlightening.
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