Japan, the Red Years

Japan, the Red Years (2002)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2002-02-06
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Michaël Prazan

Summary

After 30 years spent in Palestinians camps in Lebanon, Fusako Shigenobu the leader of The Japanese Red Army (Nihon Sekigun) was arrested by the Japanese police on November 8 2000 after returning to Japan secretly. The documentary details the history of the of post-war Japanese Marxist radicals and the New Left in the 1960s and 1970s. It uses extensive archival footage and revealing interviews with the surviving members to trace the group's evolution and place their actions in the context of the period.

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  • Masao Matsuda

    as Self
  • Yasukazu Amano

    as Self
Directing Michaël Prazan Director

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