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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