Analog Housou Radio – I am Kirishima
They made another movie about everyone’s favorite grinning left-wing terrorist, Kirishima Satoshi! After the release of Adachi Masao’s Tōsō (The Escape) in March, another Wakamatsu Pro alumnus, Banmei Takahashi, also made a film about Japan’s legendary outlaw, titled Kirishima Desu (I Am Kirishima). Once again, I sat down with...
Analog Housou Radio – The Escape
I’m not done with Tōsō (The Escape) just yet! Immediately after my first viewing of the film, I sat down with OG Analog Housou contributor and long-time friend Carter McKendry[1]He wrote one of the most popular articles on this blog!–who watched the film with me–for an off the cuff...
Fighting Forever – The Escape
Adachi Masao is a dangerous dude. After making a bunch of funky films in the ‘60s and ‘70s, he joined the Japanese Red Army (JRA) in their effort to support the fight for Palestinian independence against Israel. This is of course putting it quite romantically, because the JRA was...