Death by Hanging (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 16, 2016
- Originally Released: 1938
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Do-yun Yu & Kei Satô | |
Directed by | Nagisa Ôshima | |
Narrated by | Nagisa Ôshima | |
Composition by | Hikaru Hayashi |
Entertainment Reviews:
89%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 248
Rating: 2.5/4 --
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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Q Network Film Desk
Rating: A- --
It's brilliantly directed and co-written by Nagisa Oshima.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 3/4 --
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.
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Product Description:
This sad tale, based on a true story of a Japanese-born Korean student who raped and killed two girls in 1958 and was then hanged in 1963 when he reached maturity, is turned by director Nagisa Oshima into a black farce reminiscent of the darkly satirical, anti-authoritarian films of Luis Buñuel. The film opens with the hanging of the criminal, but the noose fails to kill him. Instead he gets amnesia, and the executioners and officials reenact the crime, hoping to jog his memory and prove that he is guilty. Soon they begin to identify with their roles, and the line blurs between the crime and its reenactment. The film ends as a bitter indictment of Japanese nationalism, capital punishment, and Japanese institutional prejudice against Koreans.
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- Sales Rank: 76,726
- UPC: 715515167819
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