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JAPAN · 1960

Night and Fog in Japan

Nagisa Oshima
Japanese Golden Age japanese new wave sceptical
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Synopsis

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.

Year1960
CountryJapan
DirectorNagisa Oshima
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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