PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Nagisa Oshima's most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950's and the failure of political radicalism. Taking it's title (as a reference, or homage) from Alain Resnais' pivotal 1956 documentary Night and Fog, the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings, rivalaries and grudges gradually erupt to the surface as the one-time friends recall the various treacheries by which their cause was defeated. Cutting between times past and the present, and unfolding the action from each of his characters viewpoints, Oshima creates an abstract and yet engrossing study of passions past and principles eroded. Controversial upon release - the film's producers pulled the film from distribution after only a few days in cinemas - Night & Fog in Japan retains both its power to shock and its ability to engage the viewer in it s radical form and themes.

REVIEW
A passionate and physical film.a unique work of art --Roberto Silvestri, The Misadventures of a Film

Caustic, radical. a powerhouse! --Inside Cinema

The most important filmmaker of his generation --Jasper Sharp

Caustic, radical. a powerhouse! --Inside Cinema

The most important filmmaker of his generation --Jasper Sharp