Night and Fog in Japan
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Night and Fog in Japan is a 1960 Japanese political drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima that examines the tensions and disillusionment within leftist student movements in postwar Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Night and Fog in Japan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9717626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Night and Fog in Japan Context triple: [Ayako Wakao, notableWork, Night and Fog in Japan]
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A.
Inujima
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B.
The Rising of the Sun
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C.
The Tokyo Blues
The Tokyo Blues is a 1962 jazz album by pianist and composer Horace Silver that blends hard bop with Japanese musical influences.
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D.
The Fire Balloons
"The Fire Balloons" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury about priests encountering mysterious, sentient balloon-like beings on Mars, exploring themes of faith, sin, and redemption.
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E.
La Japonaise
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Night and Fog in Japan Target entity description: Night and Fog in Japan is a 1960 Japanese political drama film directed by Nagisa Ōshima that examines the tensions and disillusionment within leftist student movements in postwar Japan.
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A.
Inujima
Inujima is a small Japanese island in the Seto Inland Sea known for its contemporary art installations, preserved industrial ruins, and role in the Setouchi Triennale art festival.
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B.
The Rising of the Sun
The Rising of the Sun is a celebrated Rococo painting by François Boucher, renowned for its mythological subject matter, luminous color palette, and sensuous, decorative style.
-
C.
The Tokyo Blues
The Tokyo Blues is a 1962 jazz album by pianist and composer Horace Silver that blends hard bop with Japanese musical influences.
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D.
The Fire Balloons
"The Fire Balloons" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury about priests encountering mysterious, sentient balloon-like beings on Mars, exploring themes of faith, sin, and redemption.
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E.
La Japonaise
La Japonaise is an 1876 painting by Claude Monet that portrays his wife Camille dressed in a flamboyant Japanese kimono, reflecting the 19th-century European fascination with Japonisme.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Nagisa Ōshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorOfPhotography | Takashi Kawamata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Shochiku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmmakingStyle |
long takes
ⓘ
theatrical staging ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Akiko Koyama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fumio Watanabe NERFINISHED ⓘ Juzo Itami NERFINISHED ⓘ Masahiko Tsugawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Miyuki Kuwano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseTitle | Nihon no yoru to kiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Night and Fog in Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
intra-left tensions
ⓘ
leftist student movements in postwar Japan ⓘ political disillusionment ⓘ |
| movement | Japanese New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | student activists from the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical portrayal of Japanese Communist Party
ⓘ
depiction of 1960 Anpo protests ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Nagisa Ōshima filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Shochiku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nagisa Ōshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
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