Death by Hanging (1968)

Director: Nagisa Ōshima

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.

Cast

Do-yun Yu

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)