Death by Hanging
1968 Comedy/Crime Not Rated 393 Minutes
In Theaters | N/A | |||
On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | February 16, 2016 | |||
On DVD | February 16, 2016 |
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Genius provocateur Nagisa Oshima, an influential figure in the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s, made one of his most startling political statements with the compelling pitch-black satire Death by Hanging. In this macabre farce, a Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next. At once disturbing and oddly amusing, Oshima's constantly surprising film is a subversive and surreal indictment of both capital punishment and the treatment of Korean immigrants in his country.
Not Rated.
Presented in Japanese.
Released by Criterion Collection. See more credits.