Film

Japan, the Red Years

2002 · 52m · Documentary

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.

• Michaël PrazanDirector

Release date

February 6, 2002

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

52m

Rated

U

Genres

Documentary