Masao Adachi

Masao Adachi (足立正生 Adachi Masao, born May 13, 1939) is a Japanese screenwriter, director, actor and former Japanese Red Army member who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s. He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Masao Adachi
Born (1939-05-13) May 13, 1939
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Empire of Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesIzuru Deguchi, De Deguchi, Yoshiaki Otani
Alma materNihon University
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director, actor
Years active1961- c. 1970 / 2003-present
MovementJapanese New Wave

Career

Best known for his writing collaborations with directors Kōji Wakamatsu and Nagisa Oshima, often under the pseudonyms "Izuru Deguchi" or "De Deguchi" (出口出), he also directed a number of his own films, usually dealing with left-wing political themes. Adachi was a prominent director in the Japanese New Wave film movement, producing pink films alongside documentaries.[1] He stopped making films in the early 1970s and joined the Japanese Red Army.[2]

He resided in Lebanon for 28 years, lending assistance to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine until he was arrested and extradited back to Japan in 2000 due to his connections to the JRA. After being held for a year and a half he was convicted and released based on the time he had already served. Since his release, he has resumed making films.[3]

Adachi directed Revolution+1, a film based on the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, focusing on a fictionalized version of the suspect Tetsuya Yamagami.[4][5] On 27 September, the day of Abe's state funeral, a special 50-minute version of the film was shown in small theatres across Japan. The film was to be screened at a total of 13 theatres, but one theatre cancelled its screening after receiving a series of threatening phone calls and emails. The full-length film is scheduled to be completed in November 2022.[6]

Partial filmography
Year English title Japanese title
1960 Kyou mo mata sugita (今日もまた過ぎた)
1961 Bowl Wan (椀)
1963 Closed Vagina Sain (鎖陰)
1966 Abortion Datai (堕胎)
1966 Birth Control Revolution Hinin kakumei (避妊革命)
1967 Violated Angels Okasareta Hakui (犯された白衣)
1967 Galaxy Gingakei (銀河系)
1968 Three Resurrected Drunkards Kaette kita yopparai (帰って来たヨッパライ)
1968 Sex Zone Sei chitai (性地帯 セックスゾーン)
1968 Sex Games Sei yūgi (性遊戯)
1969 Female Student Guerilla Jogakusei gerira (女学生ゲリラ)
1969 A.K.A. Serial Killer Ryakusho / Renzoku shasatsuma (略称・連続射殺魔)
1969 Rebel Woman: Dream Hell Hanjo mugen jigoku (叛女・夢幻地獄)
1971 Gushing Prayer Funshutsu kigan 15-sai no Baishunfu (噴出祈願 十五代の売春婦)
1971 Red Army/PLFP: Declaration of World War Sekigun-P.F.L.P: Sekai senso sengen (赤軍PFLP・世界戦争宣言)
2007 Prisoner / Terrorist Yûheisha - terorisuto (幽閉者 テロリスト)
2016 Artist of Fasting Danjiki Geinin (断食芸人)
2022 Revolution+1

References
  1. Desjardins, Chris (2005-05-27). Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film. I.B.Tauris & Co. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-84511-090-1.
  2. "新宿の酒場は日本赤軍よりヒドい!? 若松孝二監督の盟友・足立正生が振り返る60年代". www.cinematoday.jp.
  3. Sharp, Jasper (2007-08-21). "Midnight Eye interview: Masao Adachi". Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  4. "Film about Abe murder suspect to screen on day of state funeral". www.asahi.com. 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  5. "安倍氏銃撃事件がモデルの映画「REVOLUTION＋1」は大盛況！ チケット売り切れ＆立ち見続出". news.yahoo.co.jp. 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  6. "Film modeled on Abe shooting suspect draws controversy". www.japantimes.co.jp. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2022-10-16.

Bibliography
  • Masao Adachi and Go Hirasawa, Film / Revolution, 2003, 河出書房新社 (in Japanese).
  • Masao Adachi, Le Bus de la révolution passera bientôt près de chez toi. Ecrits sur le cinéma, la guérilla et l'avant-garde, Rouge Profond éditeur, 2012 (in French)
  • Eric Baudelaire, The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu. Masao Adachi, and 27 years without images, installation for the MACBA in Barcelona, 2011, text in English and Catalan, film 66 min (in English) and nine screenprints.
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