Night and Fog in Japan
6.8
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.
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Cast
10 people
Miyuki Kuwano
Reiko Harada
Known for
Red Beard
Cruel Story of Youth
Fumio Watanabe
Haruaki Nozawa
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Masahiko Tsugawa
Ôta
Known for
The Boy and the Beast
Crazed Fruit
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Prof. Udagawa
Known for
A Thousand and One Nights
Kei Satō
Sakamaki
Known for
Onibaba
Harakiri
Rokkō Toura
Higashiura Toura
Known for
Kuroneko
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Akiko Koyama
Misako Nakagawa
Known for
Boy
In the Realm of the Senses
Shinko Ujiie
Mrs. Udagawa
Known for
Cruel Story of Youth
Ichirô Hayami
Takumi
No other roles listed
Takao Yoshizawa
Katsuhiko Nakayama
Also in
Secrets Behind the Wall
Perverse Relations
Nagisa Ōshima Director · Toshirō Ishidō Writer Riichirō Manabe Composer
First release October 9, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title 日本の夜と霧
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
日本の夜と霧
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 9, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
March 30, 2012 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Nagisa Oshima Films (Moscow)
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