Nagisa Oshima’s most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950s and the failure of political radicalism. Taking its title (as a reference or homage) from Alain Resnais’ pivotal 1956 documentary Nuit et Brouillard, the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings, rivalries and grudges gradually erupt to the surface as the one-time friends recall the various treacheries by which their cause was defeated. Cutting between times past and the present, and unfolding the action from each of his characters viewpoints, Oshima creates an abstract and yet engrossing study of passions past and principles eroded. —Yume Pictures
Credits
Night and Fog in Japan Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Kei Sato
He was 31, 81 years old when he died
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as Sakamaki |
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Akiko Koyama
She was 25, now 89 years old
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as Misako Nakagawa |
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Miyuki Kuwano
She was 18, now 82 years old
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as Reiko Harada |
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Rokkô Toura
He was 30, 62 years old when he died
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as Higashiura Toura |
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Fumio Watanabe
He was 30, 74 years old when he died
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as Haruaki Nozawa |
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Masahiko Tsugawa
He was 20, 78 years old when he died
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as Ôta |
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Hiroshi Akutagawa
He was 40, 61 years old when he died
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as Prof. Udagawa |
Night and Fog in Japan Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Keiichi Uraoka as Editor. He was 30 (78) years old when He died
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Editing |
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Nagisa Oshima as Director. He was 28 (80) years old when He died
|
Directing |
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Nagisa Oshima as Writer. He was 28 (80) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Toshirô Ishidô as Writer. He was 28 (79) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Takashi Kawamata as Director of Photography. He was 34 (93) years old when He died
|
Camera |
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Kōji Uno as Art Direction. He was 69 (70) years old when He died
|
Art |
