Rent Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
3.5 of 5 from 58 ratings
1h 47min
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- Synopsis:
Nagisa Oshima's most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950's and the failure of political radicalism. Taking it's title (as a reference, or homage) from Alain Resnais' pivotal 1956 documentary 'Night and Fog', the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings, rivalries and grudges gradually erupt to the surface as the one-time friends recall the various treacheries by which their cause was defeated. Cutting between times past and the present, and unfolding the action from each of his characters viewpoints, Oshima creates an abstract and yet engrossing study of passions past and principles eroded. - Actors:
- Miyuki Kuwano, Fumio Watanabe, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Kei Satô, Rokkô Toura, Shinko Ujiie, Ichirô Hayami, Takao Yoshizawa, Akiko Koyama
- Directors:
- Nagisa Ôshima
- Producers:
- Tomio Ikeda
- Writers:
- Toshirô Ishidô, Nagisa Ôshima
- Aka:
- Nihon no yoru to kiri
- Studio:
- Yume Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
