Episode #54 – Night and Fog in Japan (日本の夜と霧)
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
日本の夜と霧 [Nihon no Yoru to Kiri]
In the final episode of the season, Kota of the Against Japanism podcast brings his extensive knowledge of Japanese politics and the Japanese left-wing to bear in this discussion of Nagisa Oshima’s Night and Fog in Japan.
Directed by Nagisa Ôshima
Written by Toshirô Ishidô and Nagisa Ôshima
A group of former student revolutionaries meets 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.
Cast
Miyuki Kuwano – Reiko Hanada
Fumio Watanabe – Haruaki Nozawa
Masahiko Tsugawa – Ôta
Hiroshi Akutagawa – Professor Udagawa
Kei Satô – Sakamaki
Rokkô Toura – Higashiura Toura
Akiko Koyama – Misako Nakagawa
Shinko Ujiie – Mrs. Udagawa
Ichirô Hayami – Takumi
Takao Yoshizawa – Katsuhiko Nakayama
Night and Fog in Japan – Japan On Film
