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Death by Hanging

Rating7.4/10

Release1968

Runtime1h 58m

Votes106

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

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Original Language

Release Date

February 2, 1968

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Production Companies

Art Theatre Guild

Sozosha

Cast

Yun Yun-Do

Kei Satō

Prison warden

Fumio Watanabe

Education Officer

Toshirō Ishidō

Priest

Masao Adachi

Chief of Guards

Rokkō Toura

Doctor

Hōsei Komatsu

District attorney

Masao Matsuda

Secretary of the D.A.

Akiko Koyama

Woman

Nagisa Ōshima

Narrator (voice)

Takashi Ueno

Guard

Shizuo Satô

Guard

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