United Red Army
Director Kôji Wakamatsu
Countries Japan
Duration 190 min
Synopsis
In 1972, 14 members of the United Red Army were executed during sessions of “self-criticism”, while training in the mountains. This film debates the radicalisation of the Japanese universities in the 1960s, which was concurrent to milestone events: the assassination of Martin Luther King, the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops or May ‘68 in France.
In 1972, 14 members of the United Red Army were executed during sessions of “self-criticism”, while training in the mountains. This film debates the radicalisation of the Japanese universities in the 1960s, which was concurrent to milestone events: the assassination of Martin Luther King, the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops or May ‘68 in France.