
The Brig
Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.
- Year: 1964
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: War, Drama
- Studio: White Line Productions
- Keyword: sadism, jail, discipline, military police, the living theatre
- Director: Jonas Mekas
- Cast: Warren Finnerty, Henry Howard, Tom Lilard, James Tiroff, Steven Ben Israel, Rufus Collins





















