IMDb plot summary: A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce.
Directed by Nagisa Ôshima. Starring Kei Satô, Do-yun Yu, Fumio Watanabe, and Hôsei Komatsu.
This is a fascinating movie. I prefer the first half's comedic absurdity to the second half's surreal absurdism, but both are pretty captivating and put forth all kinds of interesting questions about guilt and conscience and responsibility.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Death by Hanging > An Affair to Remember
Death by Hanging < The Lady Vanishes
Death by Hanging > The Descendants (2011)
Death by Hanging > The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Death by Hanging > Le bonheur
Death by Hanging < Judgment at Nuremberg
Death by Hanging > M
Death by Hanging < Fright Night (2011)
Death by Hanging > Under the Skin
Death by Hanging > The Emperor Waltz
Death by Hanging > Frankenweenie
Final spot: #808 out of 2995.
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