Night and Fog in Japan

Oct 9, 1960

1h 43m

★ 6.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Reiko Harada

Miyuki Kuwano

Haruaki Nozawa

Fumio Watanabe

Ôta

Masahiko Tsugawa

Prof. Udagawa

Hiroshi Akutagawa

Sakamaki

Kei Satō

Higashiura Toura

Rokkō Toura

Misako Nakagawa

Akiko Koyama

Mrs. Udagawa

Shinko Ujiie

Takumi

Ichirô Hayami

Katsuhiko Nakayama

Takao Yoshizawa

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8.2

Woman in the Dunes

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A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and made to live with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

7.8

The Face of Another

Jul 15, 1966

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.

7.1

Pigs and Battleships

Jan 21, 1961

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

7.0

Intentions of Murder

Jun 28, 1964

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.

7.2

The Pornographers

Mar 12, 1966

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.

6.9

Fighting Elegy

Nov 9, 1966

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.

6.9

Crazed Fruit

Jul 12, 1956

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

6.6

Gate of Flesh

May 31, 1964

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.

6.6

Kisses

Jul 23, 1957

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach.

6.6

Street of Love and Hope

Nov 17, 1959

The lives of a teenager, his impoverished family, a wealthy young woman who buys a pigeon from him, and his caring teacher converge and consequently become more complicated.

7.3

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An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense familial dysfunction, psychosexual alienation, and existentialist malaise.

6.2

All of You

Sep 26, 2025

Laura and Simon have been best friends since college. Over the years, they've realized their bond is more than platonic. Can they—and should they—risk everything to explore a love that has existed all along?

10.0

I Came From The Future

Mar 3, 2018

A brooding businessman reads his own suicide note on a roof. He ponders many questions about time travel.

6.9

Giants and Toys

Jun 22, 1958

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

7.0

Tattooed Life

Nov 13, 1965

After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother.

6.5

Cruel Story of Youth

Jun 3, 1960

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

7.1

Assassination

Jul 4, 1964

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6.3

The Catch

Nov 22, 1961

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'.