Death by Hanging
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Death by Hanging is a 1968 Japanese New Wave film by Nagisa Ōshima that uses a stylized, Brechtian approach to critique capital punishment and ethnic discrimination in Japan.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese New Wave film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life case of a Korean-Japanese youth convicted of murder ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Yasuhiro Yoshioka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| critiques |
institutional racism
ⓘ
nationalism in Japan ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
| director | Nagisa Ōshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Art Theatre Guild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Keiichi Uraoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Education Chief
ⓘ
Priest ⓘ R NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| followedBy | Diary of a Shinjuku Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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experimental film ⓘ political film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ |
| hasMetacriticTopic |
Japanese New Wave cinema
ⓘ
capital punishment in film ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Zainichi Korean discrimination
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critique of capital punishment ⓘ critique of ethnic discrimination in Japan ⓘ critique of the death penalty in Japan ⓘ |
| movement | Japanese New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | amnesia of the condemned man ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breaking the fourth wall
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didactic, theatrical staging ⓘ minimalist set design ⓘ use of dark humor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Nagisa Ōshima filmography ⓘ |
| portrays |
Japanese legal system
ⓘ
capital punishment procedures ⓘ |
| precededBy | Japanese Summer: Double Suicide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Nagisa Ōshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Sozosha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Mamoru Sasaki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nagisa Ōshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshirō Ishidō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Japanese execution chamber ⓘ |
| usesStyle | Brechtian theatrical techniques ⓘ |
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