{"id":3283,"date":"2007-05-28T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2020-12-19T23:28:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T06:28:33","slug":"night-and-fog-in-japan-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"Night and Fog in Japan (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s the world-wide, peace-loving Americanism that is gaining in strength and oppressing the lives of us Japanese, and making the lives of our youth hopeless.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Poster-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Poster-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Poster.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring a wedding, former revolutionaries in Japan reflect on love and betrayal during their years as students.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Japanese Films<\/li>\n<li>Nagisa Oshima Films<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis deeply personal, highly politicized film by Japanese director Nagisa Oshima is a difficult film for Western viewers to grasp. It plunges us immediately into a period of Japanese history most will be unfamiliar with, and the back-and-forth storyline makes it hard to keep track of (or care much about) any of the individual characters. Although we quickly understand the basic gist of the film &#8212; former revolutionaries accuse one another in an attempt to solve the mystery of a tragic in-group death &#8212; ultimately Oshima keeps things too stylized (and talky) to generate much dramatic interest. Those curious about mid-century Japanese political movements will certainly want to check this one out; all others should be forewarned.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A sincere, sometimes powerful attempt to portray post-revolutionary guilt<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Guilt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Guilt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Guilt.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Guilt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Guilt-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Night-and-Fog-in-Japan-Guilt-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; avoid watching it as your first Oshima experience. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/lookup?night+and+fog+in+japan\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1985\/01\/09\/movies\/film-nagisa-oshima-s-night-and-fog-in-japan.html\">NY Times Retrospective Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinematicthreads.com\/review.php?id=927&#038;ltr=N\">Cinematic Threads Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the world-wide, peace-loving Americanism that is gaining in strength and oppressing the lives of us Japanese, and making the lives of our youth hopeless.&#8221; Synopsis: During a wedding, former revolutionaries in Japan reflect on love and betrayal during their years as students. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Flashback Films Japanese Films Nagisa Oshima Films Revolutionaries Review: This deeply personal, highly politicized film by Japanese director Nagisa Oshima is a difficult film for Western viewers to grasp. 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