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Masao Adachi

Masao Adachi was a Japanese screenwriter, film director, and political activist. He was a key figure in the Japanese New Wave cinema movement in the 1960s, known for his experimental and politically charged films. Adachi also co-founded the Japanese Red Army and was later involved in Palestinian militant groups.

Titles credited to Masao Adachi

Death by Hanging

絞死刑

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1968 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

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The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images

L'anabase de May et Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi et 27 années sans images

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 6.7

A film on exile, revolution, landscapes and memory, Anabasis brings forth the remarkable parallel stories of Adachi and May, one a filmmaker who gave up images, the other a young woman whose identity-...

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The Ugly One

The Ugly One

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 5.9

Adashi, ex-member of the Japanese Red Army, narrates a story taking place in Beirut. The melancholy of war, the pain of disillusionment. A story being written and rewritten, open to interpretation. Wh...

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