Drama · Japan · 1960 · 1h 43m

Night and Fog in Japan

日本の夜と霧

Night and Fog in Japan poster
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Cast
Miyuki Kuwano as Reiko Harada Fumio Watanabe as Haruaki Nozawa Masahiko Tsugawa as Ôta Hiroshi Akutagawa as Prof. Udagawa Kei Satō as Sakamaki Rokkō Toura as Higashiura Toura
Crew
Takashi Kawamata — Director of Photography Keiichi Uraoka — Editor Riichirō Manabe — Original Music Composer Nagisa Ōshima — Writer Toshirō Ishidō — Writer
Synopsis

Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists' movement in Japan.

Trailer Night and Fog in Japan — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
japanese new wavesceptical
Key Collaborators
Nagisa Ōshima Director Takashi Kawamata Director of Photography Keiichi Uraoka Editor Riichirō Manabe Original Music Composer Nagisa Ōshima Writer Toshirō Ishidō Writer
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