Night and Fog in Japan

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Drama

Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists' movement in Japan.

Released: Oct 9, 1960

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Miyuki Kuwano

Reiko Harada

Fumio Watanabe

Haruaki Nozawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Ôta

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