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Summary: A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce.
Release Date: December 08, 1971
Director:
Nagisa Ôshima
Runtime: 1 h 57 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Distributor: The Criterion Collection
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amnesiablack comedybrechtiancapital punishmentcommunistconvictdark comedydeath sentenceethnic stereotypeexecutionexecutionerfarcehangingimmigrantinjusticejapanjapanese new wavekoreakoreanlong takemetaphorpoliticsracial issuesracismsatiresatire comedysocial issuesocial satiresurrealismtrapdoorwar crimeyear 1968
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