Night and Fog in Japan (1960) on Netflix
At a wedding in 1960, uninvited guests interrupt the ceremony of Nozawa, a former student radical, and Reiko, an activist. They accuse the guests of forgetting their political commitments.
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Plot summary
In 1960, after the protests against the US-Japan Security Treaty, Nozawa, a journalist and a former student radical of the 1950s, marries Reiko, a current activist. Uninvited guests interrupt the wedding ceremony and accuse those assembled of forgetting their political commitments. The intrusion opens conflicts left unresolved a decade earlier, when Nozawa and his comrades were swept up in the student demonstrations against the first treaty. Other comrades from 1950 and activists from the 1960 demonstrations are drawn into the confrontation. Among those present is Nakayama, a former student leader who is now a Communist functionary.
Cast
- Shinko Ujiieas Mrs. Udagawa
- Ichirô Hayamias Takumi
- Takao Yoshizawaas Katsuhiko Nakayama
- Nobuko Uenishias Saito
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
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- Three days after its release, Night and Fog in Japan was abruptly pulled by its studio after Japanese Socialist Party politician Inejiro Asanuma was assassinated by far-right student Otoya Yamaguchi.
- Director Nagisa Ōshima protested what he called the politically motivated censorship, saying he had faith in audiences receiving controversial political films and that "my film is the weapon of the people's struggle." He said resistance to censorship was "the voice of the people demanding that the future of the Japanese film be directly tied to their own future."
