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Night and Fog in Japan

1960 · 103 min

A confrontational, theatrical experience that demands close attention as past and present collide in tense, talky long takes.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Politics, betrayal, memory, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
betrayal
memory
guilt
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild