---
title: 'Death by Hanging (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nagisa Ōshima'
released: '1968-02-02'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-by-hanging-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063198/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Death by Hanging (1968)

1968 · 117 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 絞死刑

## Synopsis

Death by Hanging  is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. The film employs Brechtian techniques and complex treatments of guilt and consciousness, justice, and the persecution of ethnic Koreans in Japan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nagisa Ōshima](https://cinepixo.com/people/nagisa-oshima)
- **Screenplay:** [Nagisa Ōshima](https://cinepixo.com/people/nagisa-oshima)
- **Producer:** [Nagisa Ōshima](https://cinepixo.com/people/nagisa-oshima)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hikaru Hayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hikaru-hayashi)

## Cast

- [Masao Adachi](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-adachi)
- [Kei Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kei-sato)
- [Fumio Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumio-watanabe)
- [Nagisa Ōshima](https://cinepixo.com/people/nagisa-oshima)

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