Death by Hanging

Death by Hanging

117 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 2, 1968

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

Death by Hanging

117 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 2, 1968

Death by Hanging
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Art Theatre Guild, Sozosha
Original title 絞死刑
Directors Kiyoshi Ogasawara, Nagisa Ōshima
Writers Michinori Fukao, Tsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima

Cast

Do-yun Yu

as R

Kei Satō

as Prison warden

Fumio Watanabe

as Education Officer

Toshirô Ishidô

as Priest

Masao Adachi

as Chief of Guards

Rokkō Toura

as Doctor

Hōsei Komatsu

as District attorney

Masao Matsuda

as Secretary of the D.A.

Akiko Koyama

as Woman

Nagisa Ōshima

as Narrator (voice)

Takashi Ueno

as Guard

Shizuo Satô

as Guard