Death by Hanging

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Death by Hanging
Directed by	Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay by	Tsutomu Tamura Mamoru Sasaki Michinori Fukao Nagisa Ōshima[1]
Produced by	Masayuki Nakajima Tatsuji Yamaguchi Nagisa Ōshima[1]
Starring	Kei Satō Fumio Watanabe Toshio Ishido Masao Adachi
Cinematography	Yasuhiro Yoskioka[1]
Edited by	Sueko Shiraishi[1]
Music by	Hikaru Hayashi[1]
Production companies	Sozosha Art Theatre Guild[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	9 March 1968 (1968-03-09) (Japan)
Running time	118 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Death by Hanging (絞死刑, Kōshikei) is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It was acclaimed^{[by whom?]} for its innovative Brechtian techniques and complex treatments of guilt and consciousness, justice, and the persecution of ethnic Koreans in Japan.^{[citation needed]}