Night and Fog in Japan
日本の夜と霧 (original)
Nagisa Oshima’s most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950s and the failure of political radicalism. Taking its title (as a reference or homage) from Alain Resnais’ pivotal 1956 documentary Nuit et Brouillard, the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings, rivalries 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. —Yume Pictures
Starring Miyuki Kuwano, Fumio Watanabe, Masahiko Tsugawa, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Kei Satō, Rokkō Toura, Akiko Koyama, Shinko Ujiie, Ichirô Hayami, Takao Yoshizawa
Watch "Night and Fog in Japan" on Criterion Channel released in 1960. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 6.9 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.