Film
Death by Hanging
1968 · 1h 58m · Comedy · Drama
- IMDb
- 7.5
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 86%
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Overview
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
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Cast
Yun Yun-Do
R
Kei Satō
Prison warden
Fumio Watanabe
Education Officer
Toshirō Ishidō
Priest
Masao Adachi
Chief of Guards
Rokkō Toura
Doctor
Hōsei Komatsu
District attorney
Masao Matsuda
Secretary of the D.A.
Akiko Koyama
Woman
Nagisa Ōshima
Narrator (voice)
Takashi Ueno
Guard
Shizuo Satô
Guard
Keiko Sakurai
Takao Usui
Daiji Ozeki
Masayuki Hoshi
Crew
- Nagisa ŌshimaDirector · Screenplay · Producer
- Tsutomu TamuraScreenplay
- Michinori FukaoScreenplay
- Mamoru SasakiScreenplay
- Takuji YamaguchiProducer
- Masayuki NakajimaProducer
- Yasuhiro YoshiokaDirector of Photography
- Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
- Sueko ShiraishiEditor
- Keiichi UraokaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 2, 1968
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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