Death by Hanging (Koshikei) (1968)


Death by Hanging
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7.6 IMDB rating
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Starring (View all)
Kei Sato

Kei Sato

Prison warden
Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Education Officer
Masao Adachi

Masao Adachi

Chief of guards
Rokko Toura

Rokko Toura

Doctor
Hôsei Komatsu

Hôsei Komatsu

District attorney
Masao Matsuda

Masao Matsuda

Secretary of the D.A.
Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Korean woman


Written by (View all)
Michinori Fukao

Michinori Fukao

writer
Mamoru Sasaki

Mamoru Sasaki

writer


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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.
Release date : 8 December 1971
Japan (5), Execution (3), 1960s (3), Crime (2), 1968 (2), Capital Punishment (2), Japanese (2), Social Issue (1), Korea (1), Convict (1), Racism (1), 1960's (1), 60's (1), East Asia (1), Trapdoor (1), 60s (1), Surrealism (1), 117 Min. (1), Metaphor (1), Post War Japan (1)
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"18.7 PC Idea hirtetystä miehestä, joka menettää vain muistinsa kuoleman sijaan ja jolle täytyy opettaa teonsa merkitykset (ja monet muut asiat) uudestaan on loistava ja etenkin alkupuolella tästä saadaan aikaan hyvää huumoria ja pointteja, mutta hieman aletaan menettämään tehoja kun elokuva muuttuu liiankin yksipuoliseksi jahkaamiseksi ja saarnaamiseksi. Kuolemantuomiota vastustan itsekin, mutta vähemmälläkin olisi tullut viesti perille ja potentiaalia olisi ollut paljon enempäÃ"


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"A documentary-like opening introduces a death chamber where an execution is about to take place. Inexplicably, the man to be executed, an ethnic Korean known only as R, survives hanging but loses his memory. The officials who witness the hanging debate how to proceed, as the law could be interpreted as forbidding execution of an individual who does not recognize their crime and its punishment. They decide that they must persuade R to accept guilt by reminding him of his crimes - at this point th"


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"24/02/2011 (PC) Jokainen rakastaa sitä tunnetta, kun jokin elokuva tulee ja yllättää täysin kaikki odotukset, jos jotain odotuksia on ehtinyt asettaakaan elokuvaa kohtaan. Kutakuinkin näin itselläni kävi Death by Hangingin tapauksessa. Ohjaaja Nagisa Oshima oli tuttu (teko)taiteellisen pornoelokuvan Aistien valtakunta myötä, eikä kyseinen elokuva ainakaan suhtautumistani ohjaajaa kohtaan vakuuttanut suuntaan tai toiseen. Death by Hangingin tiesin kyllä olevan toista maata, mutta silt"


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"Japanese title: Kou Shikei 絞死刑 Director: Nagisa Oshima From Wiki: Although the complexity of Death by Hanging resists easy narrative description, a general plot can be outlined. A documentary-like opening introduces a death chamber where an execution is about to take place. Inexplicably, the man to be executed, an ethnic Korean known only as R, survives hanging but loses his memory. The officials who witness the hanging debate how to proceed, as the law could be interpreted as forbidding e"


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