United Red Army (2007) - full transcript
A story about the rise and fall of United Red Army, a real life 70s short-lived Japanese armed revolutionary communist movement similar to more famous Red Brigades in Italy or Baader-Meinhof Group (a.k.a. Red Army Faction) in West Germany.
Yes, when they let me eat.
Then, you didn't keep
your mouth shut completely.
But I didn't let them make a record.
In an age of all-out war,
casual conversation is not silence.
In reflecting on your prison time,
you self-criticism must be
with your arrest.
Right, tell us everything
about getting caught.
You should be critiquing all your
activities up to now.
Let's go.
Hold on! I'm coming.
Lately, I've been thinking about death.
They keep saying "self-critique"
but I don't always know what they mean.
Lately, Mori has gotten really strong.
He might be able to pull it off.
But I don't think escaping is an option.
For the revolution to succeed,
we must critique our past activities.
We can't be intimidated.
In front of Mori and everyone,
you've got to change your attitude.
I know. My ability to make the leap
is being questioned.
Take over for me.
I'm catching cold.
What's up? You okay?
I'm scared.
I feel like what happened
before could happen again.
It's alright, Kojima.
It won't happen again.
I don't want to die.
I want to get off the mountain.
You can't say that. If they find out,
you're in trouble.
I don't understand what Nagata
and Mori are talking about.
What do I do?
Its rough, but you have to
do self-critique.
How do I do it?
If we just go through self-critique,
we can make a revolution?
You're supposed to be undergoing
self-critique.
What the fuck are you doing?
Is this a serious critique?
Hey, Kato!
Where the hell do you think you are?
Kato and Kojima have spoiled
the sacred space of the party.
We have to destroy the limitations
to your self-critique.
In order to overcome those limits,
we must "beat" them.
You'll come to with the
self-awareness of a new human,
capable of being communist.
Leadership means beating.
Now is the time to put this
leadership into practice.
We must forge the party
in preparation for all-out war.
No objection!
Kato, criticize your shameful acts and
answer with the necessary reflection!
In the opinion report
on the December meeting,
the point on guns was absent.
Do you really have the will to fight
in the all-out war?
When I was arrested, I criticize myself
for not trying to break free.
I soiled the sacred space of the party.
Listen, this is the revolutionary
praxis of self-critique.
You need to be more revolutionary!
And you called me petit bourgeois!
Kojima, you're guilty too.
Stand up.
Wait, wait, wait.
If a man beats her, that won't work,
it'll just make her happy.
Sugisaki, Kaneko.
- Stand up and get to it.
- Critique them!
No crying!
Everyone move aside.
Hurry up.
Hey, you've got to beat him too.
So he undergoes proper critique.
Hurry and beat him!
You need to do this for
your own advance.
It hurts, but you've got to stick with it.
Think of it as practice for all-out war!
Overcome this situation
and finish the critique.
Show your will.
Brother! Critique yourself!
Motoshisa!
This is helping your comrades.
Pummel him!
Critique yourself!
The demand for Kato's critique
is the externalization of self-criticism.
But, you were resentful of him
calling you petit bourgeois.
Your criticism of him was based
on individual feelings.
This warps the meaning of critique and
trivializes his transition to communism.
So, you need to critique
your own past activities.
Ozaki, what is your self-critique
for the 12/18 action?
Shibano invited you
but you didn't go.
Had there been
one more person,
he might not have been
killed by the police.
How do you critique yourself for that?
What would you have done
if you had been there?
Show us how you would
confront the cops!
Can someone play the part of the police?
- Stand up.
- Critique yourself!
You're not done yet.
This is meaningless.
Ozaki, do you have what it
takes to do self-critique?
Reporting instructions.
Tomorrow the RAF
will evacuate from here.
Toyama...
Shindo...
and Namenaka will affirm
their self-critique
and move with us to Harune base.
After Uegaki and Yamazaki remove
all traces and personal effects.
They will gather at Haruna Base.
Aoto will contact the revolutionary
front in Tokyo.
Ah, dumplings,
dumplings.
That guy has no idea
what critique means.
If we just leave him,
he'll never be able to do it.
With Kato, we pummeled his face
to instill that reflection,
but still, he didn't get it.
In demanding critique, we have to
make them lose consciousness.
For Ozaki's critique, concentrate
on the stomach to make him pass out.
Ozaki, your spirit needs to be more revolutionary.
Hang in there.
Work through the critique!
Stick with it.
You'll be reborn
as a soldier of the revolution.
Hang in there, Ozaki!
Tonight is New Year's Eve,
so let's feast.
I have something to report
before we eat.
Ozaki is dead.
It was a death of defeat.
The communist movement we stake
our lives on is a battle he couldn't win.
He brought on his own death
through defeat.
His death does not belong to us.
He could not critique his own defeatism
and this resulted in his death.
We will overcome his defeat.
We must greet the New Year with
a new commitment to advancing.
Let us be thankful for our food.
Ozaki had been Sakaguchi's junior
at Tokyo Fisheries University.
Dec 31, 1971:
Mitsuo Ozaki, 21, dead
I criticize myself for failing to notice
the scratches on the guns.
With such negligence,
can you fight the all-out war?
What is your self-critique
for letting Mochibara get away
and putting the party in danger?
Stand up.
Be strong.
Shindo, it's for the revolution,
critique yourself.
Make yourself a communist.
Shindo, your critique is called for!
Why are you doing this to me?
Is this really...
necessary...
for the revolution?
You must consider
the reasons on your own.
You must undergo self-critique!
Hey, Toyama.
Namekata!
Is your critique over?
If so, you should be able to do this too.
Go ahead!
C'mon, hurry.
It's for Shinoda.
What was your critique at Arakura base?
You do it too!
Go ahead!
I can't do it.
What did you do at Arakura?
When did you change clothes?
Why do you come up to the mountain?
To worry about how you look?
You haven't completed your critique!
Reactionary.
I thought you were a
revolutionary soldier.
Shindo was arrested at Yasuda Hall
at Tokyo University in January 1969.
After being released,
he organized day laborers in Tokyo and
Yokohama before joining the RAF.
A member of the unit that plotted Plan M,
he didn't follow Mori's instructions.
He had Mochihara escape
to avoid execution.
Jan 1, 1972 : Ryuzaburo Shindo, 21, dead
Kojima had been a junior
of Terabayashi's, joining
the RLF to fight the security treaty.
She had been Yoshitaka Kato's lover.
She had always regretted participating
in the executions
of Haiki and Mukaiyama.
Jan 1 : Kazuko Kojima, 22, dead
I'm back.
I've brought a couple comrades.
Excuse me.
Long time no see.
How's it going?
Where's Shindo?
Don't just sit there.
Say something!
Your statements are no self-critique.
Do you really have
the will for critique?
You being a founding member of the RAF
has no bearing here and now.
I don't want to wind up like Kojima.
I don't want to die.
I want to live.
But, I just don't understand
how to self-critique.
You don't understand anything.
Saying "I want to live" is an abandoning
of revolutionary thought.
A defeat with regard to communism.
To give yourself to party-building as a
communist is the only meaning of "living".
Critique yourself!
What do you think of yourself?
This is why you're messed up.
Do you know what is means
to become a communist?
Don't go using coquetry as a weapon.
Have Toyama do critique
by burying Kojima
I'm gonna do self-critique all the way,
and be a solider for revolution!
I'll endure the agony.
So, give me more trials.
I won't give up.
Take a good look at Kojima's face!
It's the face of defeat.
Even after death,
she's anti-revolutionary.
I carried the body because
I had to overcome my fear of death
in order to become a
revolutionary soldier.
With this, I've taken one step closer.
That's not what I'm asking!
Are you capable of critiquing yourself?
Let's see you hit yourself.
Yes, I'll do it.
Show me how you do critique
without help from your comrades.
Strike those proud lips!
Crush that naughty nose!
Aim for those leering eyes!
No resting!
Keep going until you finish
the critique!
You can't be soft!
Go ahead and take a look at that face
boys found so charming.
Please let me go to the bathroom.
Please let me go to the bathroom.
Dirty slut.
Yoshitaka...?
My brother...
Anyone who could do
this is beyond hope.
This isn't revolution.
Among the RLF,
only Kato and Maezawa
opposed the executions of
Haiki and Mukaiyama.
It's so cold...
Can someone undo the rope...
Nevermind... it's ok like this.
My hands... my hands hurt...
Someone... cut off my hands.
Don't cut them...
Mom, I'm going to do it.
Mom... Mom...
I'll persevere.
Just wait... I'll make you so happy.
I won't give up, mom...
Shut the fuck up!
Jan 7:
Mieko Toyama, 25, dead
Jan 9:
Masatoki Namekata, 22, dead
Namekata had been arrested
at the barricades of Tokyo University
and joined the RAF after
his release on bail.
Becoming a communist...
is not a question of your record
in past struggles.
It must be judged by
becoming a communist
and forming a new revolutionary
party to begin the war.
The RAF has critiqued those whose
consciousness was lagging.
The communist movement develops
through multiples enduring junctions
requiring proletarian
loyalty and humanity.
In order to advance this movement.
Without more effort than the six
who died of defeat, we cannot win.
I want each of us to examine our actions,
to sort out our tasks.
Does your silence mean there are
no problems with your actions?
Truly, can all of you
become communists?
To win the revolution, each party member
must undergo self-criticism.
You must all squarely face
your own tasks.
And critique deeply.
If I continue like this,
I will never become a communist.
Since I had sexual relations with
Mukaiyama who was executed last year.
And unless I critique what happened
with Watanabe in prison,
I cannot become a communist.
Is that all?
When I met with the
above-ground members,
I used collection money to buy pants.
Also, when I went down,
I got a perm in Takasaki.
Mori, Otsuki here is a second Toyama.
Let's have her do a proper critique.
Fine. We need to resolve the
Toyama problem within the RLF.
Anything else?
No one?
I heard Kaneko say "This is meaningless"
during the critique of Ozaki.
And Kaneko split from Yoshino.
She's trying to claim the child in her
belly is her own instead of the party's.
Do you have any points for inspection?
I have thought about
pushing Nagata aside
and becoming a top leader
in the party.
What is your self-critique?
I criticize myself for trying to
make use of the organization.
You tried to use us, to make the
organization your property.
You're a Stalinist!
I sentence you to death.
Teraoka was sentenced not to
self-critique but to die.
He was one of the highest
members of the RLF.
He supervised the raid
on the gun shop
and the executions of
Haiki and Mukaiyama.
I want each of us to reflect
on the execution of Teraoka.
Yamazaki,
why were you standing behind everyone
else during the execution?
Because I have the same issues
and thought I might be executed too.
What do you mean?
Honestly, I've also been calculating
at times and used people.
Iwata and Nakamura escaped!
Yamazaki.
You're a Stalinist just like Teraoka.
I sentence you to death!
Yamazaki, like Teraoka,
received a "death sentence".
Yamazaki was a member of the
central army, and executed Plan M.
His early education was in Germany
and he attended
Tokyo's famed Hibiya High School.
Jan 20:
Jun Yamazaki, 21, executed
Now, with the party endangered
by those two anti-revolutionaries
an even deeper critique will be necessary
to become a revolutionary soldier.
Kaneko,
your self-critique lately
seems to have weakened.
Having a baby in your belly
is no excuse to relax.
What to you think of Mori?
I think he's someone with cute eyes.
What the hell do you mean cute eyes!
You have no respect for the leader!
Do you think you can become
a revolutionary like that?
You need a stronger critique.
Otsuki, you said you had a relationship
with that deserter Mukaiyama.
It was to get information
from that traitor...
Hiding your relationship
all along is a reactionary act!
I'm back.
I'm Okusawa.
Nice to meet you.
Let's go for it.
Jan 26:
Kasho Base, Gunma Prefecture
Why didn't you stop the car
like you were ordered?
I think my judgment was
correct in that case.
Can't you follow party orders?
You must undergo critique
and forge yourself anew!
Yamamoto quit his job and gave
his retirement money to the RLF.
He brought his wife and
child to the mountain.
Jan 30:
Junichi Yamamoto, 28, dead
Otsuki had been a RLF activist
longer than anyone but Nagata.
She was the lover of Watanabe,
who had been wounded
in the Police Station attack.
She died one week shy
of her 24th birthday.
The car is fixed.
Oh, both of you went to public baths?
Yeah, we had some time
while the car was being repaired.
Just the two of you went
on your own?
What were you thinking doing something
like that. Critique yourself!
Was it bad to let Okusawa in?
That's not the problem.
Why the fuck are you talking like that,
like you're privileged!
Otsuki, Sagisaki and Kaneko
Feb 4:
Michiyo Kaneko, 23, dead
were known as "The Blossoming Trio
of Yokohama University".
Kaneko had been 8 months pregnant.
The father of her child was
Masakuni Yoshino.
Can you break everything down
at Haruna base, Sakaguchi?
I leave it to you from here.
What happened?
Feb 6:
Yasuko Yamamoto escaped
The cops might come. I'll fight.
What are you going to do?
Gimme a gun.
I'm fighting too!
Warn those breaking down
Haruna base of the danger.
We'll regroup at a cave on Mt. Myogi.
It's on the map here.
Feb 7:
Torayshi Meazawa escaped
Feb 12:
Mt. Myogi
If I could advance
the revolution by dying
I would gladly be killed!
Where is the revolution?
Why don't you self-critique?
Yamada, who chaired the Bund in Kyoto,
was close to RAF chair Shioni.
Debilitated, he convalesced
in the hospital
before returning as a soldier
in Mori's RAF.
Feb 12:
Takashi Yamada, 27, dead
Apart from the three defectors,
everyone's moved to Mt Myogi.
Yamada died there, in defeat.
Listen, Sakaguchi.
I'm leaving you for Mori.
From the communist perspective
it's the right thing to do.
I understand.
I've been relying on you for my thought
and I want to break away.
I critique myself for being married
to the kind of woman
I couldn't bring to the mountain.
I think being together with Nagata
is the correct thing to do.
If I don't think like this
I'll never become a communist.
I'll tell my wife as soon as possible.
I have a kid too.
My wife will cry but...
Can you let me talk to Nagata
alone for a minute?
I do love you.
That kind of language
is no longer permissible.
What do you think of critique?
As the battle with the
ruling powers intensifies
we all must be communists
to advance the revolution.
I've lost track of the
meaning of critique.
I still don't know why Mori
sentenced Teraoka to die.
He was a factionalist, he might
have escaped or informed.
He lacked the qualifications
to be a revolutionary.
Fine, enough...
I'm going back.
You're ok, right?
Sakaguchi...
It's Uegaki.
They found out about Haruna base.
We've gotta move quick.
Even if we destroy the armed enemy,
the unarmed enemy remains!
Even if we destroy the armed enemy,
the unarmed enemy remains!
We must root out enemy toxins
and our own impurities!
We must root out enemy toxins
and our own impurities!
Revolutionary war is the antidote!
Revolutionary war is the antidote!
Run! Run!
Your boots are ruined.
I'll give you one of mine.
If we live to meet again, give it back.
I'll return it twice over.
Goddammit it.
Put the radio on.
This morning in the mountain
of Gunma prefecture
extremists Hiroko Nagata and
Tsuneo Mori were arrested.
She was a leading activist of the RLF.
Police are searching the area
for more members in hiding.
Last night, two other suspected
members were arrested.
Their relation are
under investigation.
A planner of the gun shop
raid last February
Nagata was wanted by the police.
According to police investigation,
the RLF joined with the RAF,
who had executed the Yodogo hijacking
their movements have been under watch.
I repeat...
That's enough.
Tomorrow morning we form
two groups and break out.
Alright, here we go.
- See ya.
- Be careful.
Feb 19, 1972:
Uegaki, Aoto, Terabayashi and Ito
are reported by citizens and arrested
Go, keep going.
A little further.
Damn. Don't stop.
Don't stop!
Keep going, faster!
Don't give up.
Don't give up.
Get out of here.
Motohisa, don't give up!
Keep going, don't look back!
A little more!
Mt. Asama, Nagano Prefecture
Here, drink this.
We're the revolutionary army.
We're sorry,
but we have to occupy this place.
We intend you no harm.
But please remain quiet.
Is anyone else here?
We have some guests,
but they're out skating.
When will they be back?
Around 6.
Anyone else?
My husband.
Now, he's walking the dog.
Pull up the tatami floor.
I'm really sorry, but
I have to tie you up.
What do we do now?
For now, let's recover our balance.
No objection.
Hello? Ma'am?
Are you there?
It's okay.
This is the chief of police of Karuizawa.
You students in the
lodge are surrounded.
There is no way to escape.
Stop shooting, dammit!
Discard your guns and come out.
The manager's wife has
nothing to do with this.
Let her go immediately.
We are communists.
Our goal is to overthrow the powers
that oppress the masses
for capitalists' profit.
We're fighting for the revolution
to end war and inequality in the world.
Think of this as something
like protesters seeking help
from civilian homes to escape police
during demonstrations.
So, you are not a hostage.
We are just borrowing
this lodge from you.
Let's hold a meeting
to decide on a plan.
We won't get anywhere like this.
We should shoot our way
out of the siege.
Impossible. The lodge is
surrounded by many layers.
I think shooting our way out
is impossible too.
If we take her, we might
be able to escape.
The cops can't make
any careless blunders.
Where could we go?
The cops will be after us forever.
Let's take her hostage and demand
the release of Mori and Nagata.
The cops will never go for that.
It's useless to launch some
suicidal breakthrough missions.
We fight an absolute war
of resistance here.
If so, then we don't need her.
We can release her right now.
No way!
Her presence gives us an advantage
to continue the resistance.
We're fighting a towering enemy,
our only option is to exploit
their weakness.
With their fake calls for democracy,
superficially they have to
uphold human life.
So, her protection for now
is our best tactic.
It is permitted for this
strategic confrontation.
The plan is to fight a war of
resistance while protecting her.
Is everyone okay with that?
No objection!
We have enough food supplies
to fight for about a month.
We conserve from today,
and make rice porridge.
No objection.
We are now in a war of position.
Don't waste bullets.
No objection.
No objection.
Ma'am, I'm very sorry.
Haven't you made enough disturbance.
Let the woman go!
I'll take her place if you
want someone. Please come out.
She's aged so much...
Masakuni, if you're there,
please listen.
I understand how you all feel.
But aren't your actions
contradicting your words?
Why did you quit university?
Wasn't it to sacrifice yourself
for the good of society?
Release the woman!
That's true courage.
Using our parents, damn.
What dirty bastards!
My folks ran a flower shop
where I grew up.
It's the countryside they'll be
ostracized for sure.
My old man...
He'll probably have to
leave the company.
Nixon shakes hands
with Chinese leaders.
Later, with Henry Kissinger...
Unbelievable...
What'll happen to
"anti-American patriotism"?
Masakuni, President Nixon's
gone to China.
We've entered a new age.
So, throw out your guns
and come out.
The police say they won't shoot
if you come out.
Nagata and others were caught,
but they're unhurt.
Ma'am, are you injured?
I don't know how to apologize,
I'm so sorry.
Son, can you shoot at your own mother?
Sakaguchi, some strange guy is
at the front door.
Red Army members!
I'm an intellectual.
I understand your feelings.
I'm coming to replace the woman.
I'm on your side.
I've left my wife and kid behind
and come from Niigata.
So, please let me in.
Go back!
Or I'll shoot!
Student in the lodge!
He's a civilian, not a police officer.
Don't shoot.
I repeat, he's not a police officer.
Don't shoot.
Feb 22: Masaniko Tagawa,
30, bar owner, is shot.
He died a week later.
You are completely surrounded.
Throw out your guns.
Come out immediately.
If you have any conscience,
show us the woman.
Stop shooting.
Please come out with the hostage.
Your parents are worried.
Bring the hostage and come out.
Please! Stop firing!
Reporting the latest news...
The stalemate continues
at Asama Mountain Lodge.
The Nagano police plan to
send in an armed squadron
to break off the stalemate.
Prior to this, the Commissioner
General has announced
that they will continue to use
discussion and persuasion...
How's it going, Motohisa?
There's no movement.
The power's cut.
We've arrested all your peers.
Throw out your guns and come out.
It's just sounds.
They're just playing
a tape to rile us up.
Sweetie! Are you ok?
You aren't cold?
Everyone's here, hang in there.
We're all waiting for you to come back.
Sis, everything's okay.
Just stay patient a little longer.
You'll get out soon, hang in there.
All of you listen,
please return my daughter.
I think you've accomplished your goals.
So, please, let my daughter go.
I want to set everyone at ease.
Even just a minute,
let me stand on the balcony.
Even a phone call would be ok.
Please, let me call.
I just want to tell them I'm ok.
The police already know you're ok.
They're using bugs.
They're having your family speak
to manipulate public opinion.
I know it's tough, but just bear with it.
Be strong.
Because everyone's with you.
I've done everything I could for you,
you're my reason for living.
We really understand
you all want to make the world better.
Even the police praise you.
But if you hurt someone,
you'll get hurt yourselves.
We'll wait all day and tomorrow too.
Just come out.
Let's go home and eat a meal together.
They're here!
You're completely surrounded.
Give up your guns and come out.
All your friends are arrested.
Release the hostage and come out.
Today during the operation,
Bando ate more than his ration.
This as a major violation or military
codes during all-out war.
Self-criticism is required.
No, during the operation, a certain
degree of autonomy is permitted.
Provided this results
in no serious effect,
we should allow individual
judgments on food supplies.
Have we not sought
our comrade's self-critiques
in the name of revolutionary discipline?
That very cookie you ate
is an anti-revolutionary symbol.
This is wartime.
We're fighting an enemy.
Finally fighting the real enemy!
This is idiotic.
There's no such thing
as anti-revolutionary cookies.
How can you face your comrades?
Criticize yourselves.
Why have we come this far?
Point your guns at the enemy.
We're comrades!
Bando, just criticize yourself
and all will be fine.
I criticize myself for
eating snacks during duty.
I will preserve revolutionary
discipline from here on.
I will strengthen group bonds.
I will fight through to
the end of the all-out war!
From their movements, it looks like
the police will storm the lodge soon.
I want to make your position clear.
The ruling powers only know how to
solve problems by applying more force.
The battle is about to
get much more severe.
But we will never hurt you.
This much I promise.
We are here to fight the police.
So we have no intention
to use you as a hostage.
We will not ask you to be our ally.
But neither do we want you
to go with the police.
We want you to remain neutral.
The police talk like they're
concerned about your safety
but we are their target.
They won't think anything
of sacrificing a civilian.
Their real aim is to steal
our social consciousness
and our political goal of revolution.
The police have known all along
that you're safe.
In order for us to fight the police,
we want you to stay neutral.
If they use the tactic of force, we will
do everything we can to protect you.
What do you mean by fighting
with the police?
We mean to start a revolution.
Revolution?
We will radically remake
Japanese society.
Even you don't think Japan
is okay as it is, do you?
Whatever happens...
can you promise us neutrality?
Promise you neutrality?
Standing neither with
the police nor with us.
If you just remain the
inn manager, that's fine.
But I have one request.
If this goes to trial,
don't call me as a witness.
Okay, I promise.
Thank you.
Feb 28, 1972
This is the chief of police
with an announcement
for the criminals in the lodge.
It's not too late.
Don't compound your crimes.
Free the hostage,
discard your guns and come out!
If you're willing to talk,
stand with the hostage
in a place where the police can see you, with a white rag.
The police won't wait any longer!
I'll warn you again.
The battle is here at last.
It's either victory or death for us.
If we die, we can probably meet
in the other world.
I'm glad the all-out war isn't tomorrow.
Otherwise, our death anniversary
would only come every 4 years.
This is a message from
the Chief of Police.
You've ignored multiple warnings
and continued with your brutal crimes.
Soon, to save the hostage,
officers will use force.
This is your last chance.
Discard your weapons and stand in
a visible place with a white rag.
We are now going to use force
to rescue the hostage.
Cease your useless resistance.
We are now going to use force
to rescue the hostage.
I wish our comrades could
have been here for this meal.
Our battles inherit their spilled blood.
Our debt...
is to our fallen comrades.
Let's pay back the debt.
We'll pick up the pieces.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Now of all times?
How are you gonna pick up the pieces?
Not one of us
had any courage!
Not you either
Not you either
Sakaguchi!
Not you either!
You're a Stalinist!
I sentence you to death.
You had no courage!
I had no courage...
We had no courage!
Give up!
You bastard!
Get the guns!
Use the handcuffs!
Feb 28, 1972:
Hiroshi Sakaguchi arrested
Kunio Bando arrested
Masakuni Yoshino arrested
Michinori Kato arrested
Motohisa Kato held as a minor
1635 riot police mobilized
Two police officers and
one civilian killed. 27 injured
Weapons used by police:
3126 tear gas canisters,
326 smoke bombs, 96 rubber bullets
83 flares, 15.82 tons of water.
How dark things were...
a year ago today.
When I look back on myself
over this year.
I feel relentless self-loathing
and despair.
I've found a direction.
What I need now is true courage.
My first revolutionary trial.
To make the leap.
Tsuneo Mori, 28 - Jan 1, 1973:
committed suicide in prison
Hiroko Nagata:
currently in prison on death row
Hiroshi Sakaguchi:
currently in prison on death row
Masakuni Yoshino:
serving life sentence
Kunio Bando: Released by demand of
JRA (Japanese Red Army)
Current whereabouts unknown
Takamaro Tamiya:
died in 1995 in Pyongyang
May 30: JRA attack on
Israel's Tel Aviv Airport
Jan 31: PFLP and JRA
blow up Singapore Refinery
Jul 26: JRA member Yoshika Yamada
arrested in Paris
Aug 30: EAAAF
(East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front)
dynamites Mitsubishi building.
JRA secures release of Yoshiaki Yamada
by hijacking US embassy in the Hague.
1975 Mar 5: JRA members Jun Nishikawa
and Kazuo Tohira arrested
in Stockholm and extradited to Japan.
Aug 4: JRA occupies US embassy
in Kuala Lampur.
They free Nichikawa, Tohia,
URA member Kunio Bando,
RAF member Hasishi Matsuda
and EAAAF member Norio Sasaki.
1976 Sept 23: JRA member Junzo Okudaira,
Toshihiko Hidaka arrested in Jordan.
Hidaka commits suicide.
Oct 13: JRA member Okudaira and
the body of Hidaka extradited to Japan.
1977 Sept 28:
JRA hijack Japan Airlines flight
In Dhaka, Okudaira,
RAF member Tsutomu Shitosaki,
EAAAF members Yukiko Ekita
and Ayako Daidjo,
Teru Nihira and Hiroshi Sensui are freed.
1982 June 16: Hiroko Nagata and
Hiroshi Sakaguchi get death sentence
1985 May 20: JRA member Kozo Okamoto
freed in prisoner exchange
1987 Nov 21: JRA member Osamu Maruoka
arrested in Tokyo
1988 June 7: JRA member Hiroshi Sensui
arrested in Philippines.
1995 Mar 24 : JRA member Yukiko Ekita
arrested in Romania.
1996 June 8: JRA member Kazue Yoshimura
arrested in Peru
Sept 23: JRA member Tsutomu Shirosaki
arrested in Nepal, transferred to America.
1997 Feb 15: JRA members Kozo Okamoto,
Haruo Wako, Kazuo Tohira,
Masao Adachi and Mariko Yamamoto
arrested in Lebanon.
Nov 18: JRA member Jun Nishikawa
arrested in Bolivia
Mar 18: JRA members Wako, Tohira,
Adachi and Yamamoto transfered to Japan
2000 Nov 8: JRA member Fusako Shigenobu
arrested in Osaka
2001: Fusako Shigenobu
announces dissolution of JRA
2002 Mar 30:
Former JRA member Takao Himori protests
Israel's slaughter of
Palestinian civilians
Pleading for freedom of
Palestinian children,
he self-immolates in Tokyo's Hibiya Park.
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If you paid for it you were ripped off.
Then, you didn't keep
your mouth shut completely.
But I didn't let them make a record.
In an age of all-out war,
casual conversation is not silence.
In reflecting on your prison time,
you self-criticism must be
with your arrest.
Right, tell us everything
about getting caught.
You should be critiquing all your
activities up to now.
Let's go.
Hold on! I'm coming.
Lately, I've been thinking about death.
They keep saying "self-critique"
but I don't always know what they mean.
Lately, Mori has gotten really strong.
He might be able to pull it off.
But I don't think escaping is an option.
For the revolution to succeed,
we must critique our past activities.
We can't be intimidated.
In front of Mori and everyone,
you've got to change your attitude.
I know. My ability to make the leap
is being questioned.
Take over for me.
I'm catching cold.
What's up? You okay?
I'm scared.
I feel like what happened
before could happen again.
It's alright, Kojima.
It won't happen again.
I don't want to die.
I want to get off the mountain.
You can't say that. If they find out,
you're in trouble.
I don't understand what Nagata
and Mori are talking about.
What do I do?
Its rough, but you have to
do self-critique.
How do I do it?
If we just go through self-critique,
we can make a revolution?
You're supposed to be undergoing
self-critique.
What the fuck are you doing?
Is this a serious critique?
Hey, Kato!
Where the hell do you think you are?
Kato and Kojima have spoiled
the sacred space of the party.
We have to destroy the limitations
to your self-critique.
In order to overcome those limits,
we must "beat" them.
You'll come to with the
self-awareness of a new human,
capable of being communist.
Leadership means beating.
Now is the time to put this
leadership into practice.
We must forge the party
in preparation for all-out war.
No objection!
Kato, criticize your shameful acts and
answer with the necessary reflection!
In the opinion report
on the December meeting,
the point on guns was absent.
Do you really have the will to fight
in the all-out war?
When I was arrested, I criticize myself
for not trying to break free.
I soiled the sacred space of the party.
Listen, this is the revolutionary
praxis of self-critique.
You need to be more revolutionary!
And you called me petit bourgeois!
Kojima, you're guilty too.
Stand up.
Wait, wait, wait.
If a man beats her, that won't work,
it'll just make her happy.
Sugisaki, Kaneko.
- Stand up and get to it.
- Critique them!
No crying!
Everyone move aside.
Hurry up.
Hey, you've got to beat him too.
So he undergoes proper critique.
Hurry and beat him!
You need to do this for
your own advance.
It hurts, but you've got to stick with it.
Think of it as practice for all-out war!
Overcome this situation
and finish the critique.
Show your will.
Brother! Critique yourself!
Motoshisa!
This is helping your comrades.
Pummel him!
Critique yourself!
The demand for Kato's critique
is the externalization of self-criticism.
But, you were resentful of him
calling you petit bourgeois.
Your criticism of him was based
on individual feelings.
This warps the meaning of critique and
trivializes his transition to communism.
So, you need to critique
your own past activities.
Ozaki, what is your self-critique
for the 12/18 action?
Shibano invited you
but you didn't go.
Had there been
one more person,
he might not have been
killed by the police.
How do you critique yourself for that?
What would you have done
if you had been there?
Show us how you would
confront the cops!
Can someone play the part of the police?
- Stand up.
- Critique yourself!
You're not done yet.
This is meaningless.
Ozaki, do you have what it
takes to do self-critique?
Reporting instructions.
Tomorrow the RAF
will evacuate from here.
Toyama...
Shindo...
and Namenaka will affirm
their self-critique
and move with us to Harune base.
After Uegaki and Yamazaki remove
all traces and personal effects.
They will gather at Haruna Base.
Aoto will contact the revolutionary
front in Tokyo.
Ah, dumplings,
dumplings.
That guy has no idea
what critique means.
If we just leave him,
he'll never be able to do it.
With Kato, we pummeled his face
to instill that reflection,
but still, he didn't get it.
In demanding critique, we have to
make them lose consciousness.
For Ozaki's critique, concentrate
on the stomach to make him pass out.
Ozaki, your spirit needs to be more revolutionary.
Hang in there.
Work through the critique!
Stick with it.
You'll be reborn
as a soldier of the revolution.
Hang in there, Ozaki!
Tonight is New Year's Eve,
so let's feast.
I have something to report
before we eat.
Ozaki is dead.
It was a death of defeat.
The communist movement we stake
our lives on is a battle he couldn't win.
He brought on his own death
through defeat.
His death does not belong to us.
He could not critique his own defeatism
and this resulted in his death.
We will overcome his defeat.
We must greet the New Year with
a new commitment to advancing.
Let us be thankful for our food.
Ozaki had been Sakaguchi's junior
at Tokyo Fisheries University.
Dec 31, 1971:
Mitsuo Ozaki, 21, dead
I criticize myself for failing to notice
the scratches on the guns.
With such negligence,
can you fight the all-out war?
What is your self-critique
for letting Mochibara get away
and putting the party in danger?
Stand up.
Be strong.
Shindo, it's for the revolution,
critique yourself.
Make yourself a communist.
Shindo, your critique is called for!
Why are you doing this to me?
Is this really...
necessary...
for the revolution?
You must consider
the reasons on your own.
You must undergo self-critique!
Hey, Toyama.
Namekata!
Is your critique over?
If so, you should be able to do this too.
Go ahead!
C'mon, hurry.
It's for Shinoda.
What was your critique at Arakura base?
You do it too!
Go ahead!
I can't do it.
What did you do at Arakura?
When did you change clothes?
Why do you come up to the mountain?
To worry about how you look?
You haven't completed your critique!
Reactionary.
I thought you were a
revolutionary soldier.
Shindo was arrested at Yasuda Hall
at Tokyo University in January 1969.
After being released,
he organized day laborers in Tokyo and
Yokohama before joining the RAF.
A member of the unit that plotted Plan M,
he didn't follow Mori's instructions.
He had Mochihara escape
to avoid execution.
Jan 1, 1972 : Ryuzaburo Shindo, 21, dead
Kojima had been a junior
of Terabayashi's, joining
the RLF to fight the security treaty.
She had been Yoshitaka Kato's lover.
She had always regretted participating
in the executions
of Haiki and Mukaiyama.
Jan 1 : Kazuko Kojima, 22, dead
I'm back.
I've brought a couple comrades.
Excuse me.
Long time no see.
How's it going?
Where's Shindo?
Don't just sit there.
Say something!
Your statements are no self-critique.
Do you really have
the will for critique?
You being a founding member of the RAF
has no bearing here and now.
I don't want to wind up like Kojima.
I don't want to die.
I want to live.
But, I just don't understand
how to self-critique.
You don't understand anything.
Saying "I want to live" is an abandoning
of revolutionary thought.
A defeat with regard to communism.
To give yourself to party-building as a
communist is the only meaning of "living".
Critique yourself!
What do you think of yourself?
This is why you're messed up.
Do you know what is means
to become a communist?
Don't go using coquetry as a weapon.
Have Toyama do critique
by burying Kojima
I'm gonna do self-critique all the way,
and be a solider for revolution!
I'll endure the agony.
So, give me more trials.
I won't give up.
Take a good look at Kojima's face!
It's the face of defeat.
Even after death,
she's anti-revolutionary.
I carried the body because
I had to overcome my fear of death
in order to become a
revolutionary soldier.
With this, I've taken one step closer.
That's not what I'm asking!
Are you capable of critiquing yourself?
Let's see you hit yourself.
Yes, I'll do it.
Show me how you do critique
without help from your comrades.
Strike those proud lips!
Crush that naughty nose!
Aim for those leering eyes!
No resting!
Keep going until you finish
the critique!
You can't be soft!
Go ahead and take a look at that face
boys found so charming.
Please let me go to the bathroom.
Please let me go to the bathroom.
Dirty slut.
Yoshitaka...?
My brother...
Anyone who could do
this is beyond hope.
This isn't revolution.
Among the RLF,
only Kato and Maezawa
opposed the executions of
Haiki and Mukaiyama.
It's so cold...
Can someone undo the rope...
Nevermind... it's ok like this.
My hands... my hands hurt...
Someone... cut off my hands.
Don't cut them...
Mom, I'm going to do it.
Mom... Mom...
I'll persevere.
Just wait... I'll make you so happy.
I won't give up, mom...
Shut the fuck up!
Jan 7:
Mieko Toyama, 25, dead
Jan 9:
Masatoki Namekata, 22, dead
Namekata had been arrested
at the barricades of Tokyo University
and joined the RAF after
his release on bail.
Becoming a communist...
is not a question of your record
in past struggles.
It must be judged by
becoming a communist
and forming a new revolutionary
party to begin the war.
The RAF has critiqued those whose
consciousness was lagging.
The communist movement develops
through multiples enduring junctions
requiring proletarian
loyalty and humanity.
In order to advance this movement.
Without more effort than the six
who died of defeat, we cannot win.
I want each of us to examine our actions,
to sort out our tasks.
Does your silence mean there are
no problems with your actions?
Truly, can all of you
become communists?
To win the revolution, each party member
must undergo self-criticism.
You must all squarely face
your own tasks.
And critique deeply.
If I continue like this,
I will never become a communist.
Since I had sexual relations with
Mukaiyama who was executed last year.
And unless I critique what happened
with Watanabe in prison,
I cannot become a communist.
Is that all?
When I met with the
above-ground members,
I used collection money to buy pants.
Also, when I went down,
I got a perm in Takasaki.
Mori, Otsuki here is a second Toyama.
Let's have her do a proper critique.
Fine. We need to resolve the
Toyama problem within the RLF.
Anything else?
No one?
I heard Kaneko say "This is meaningless"
during the critique of Ozaki.
And Kaneko split from Yoshino.
She's trying to claim the child in her
belly is her own instead of the party's.
Do you have any points for inspection?
I have thought about
pushing Nagata aside
and becoming a top leader
in the party.
What is your self-critique?
I criticize myself for trying to
make use of the organization.
You tried to use us, to make the
organization your property.
You're a Stalinist!
I sentence you to death.
Teraoka was sentenced not to
self-critique but to die.
He was one of the highest
members of the RLF.
He supervised the raid
on the gun shop
and the executions of
Haiki and Mukaiyama.
I want each of us to reflect
on the execution of Teraoka.
Yamazaki,
why were you standing behind everyone
else during the execution?
Because I have the same issues
and thought I might be executed too.
What do you mean?
Honestly, I've also been calculating
at times and used people.
Iwata and Nakamura escaped!
Yamazaki.
You're a Stalinist just like Teraoka.
I sentence you to death!
Yamazaki, like Teraoka,
received a "death sentence".
Yamazaki was a member of the
central army, and executed Plan M.
His early education was in Germany
and he attended
Tokyo's famed Hibiya High School.
Jan 20:
Jun Yamazaki, 21, executed
Now, with the party endangered
by those two anti-revolutionaries
an even deeper critique will be necessary
to become a revolutionary soldier.
Kaneko,
your self-critique lately
seems to have weakened.
Having a baby in your belly
is no excuse to relax.
What to you think of Mori?
I think he's someone with cute eyes.
What the hell do you mean cute eyes!
You have no respect for the leader!
Do you think you can become
a revolutionary like that?
You need a stronger critique.
Otsuki, you said you had a relationship
with that deserter Mukaiyama.
It was to get information
from that traitor...
Hiding your relationship
all along is a reactionary act!
I'm back.
I'm Okusawa.
Nice to meet you.
Let's go for it.
Jan 26:
Kasho Base, Gunma Prefecture
Why didn't you stop the car
like you were ordered?
I think my judgment was
correct in that case.
Can't you follow party orders?
You must undergo critique
and forge yourself anew!
Yamamoto quit his job and gave
his retirement money to the RLF.
He brought his wife and
child to the mountain.
Jan 30:
Junichi Yamamoto, 28, dead
Otsuki had been a RLF activist
longer than anyone but Nagata.
She was the lover of Watanabe,
who had been wounded
in the Police Station attack.
She died one week shy
of her 24th birthday.
The car is fixed.
Oh, both of you went to public baths?
Yeah, we had some time
while the car was being repaired.
Just the two of you went
on your own?
What were you thinking doing something
like that. Critique yourself!
Was it bad to let Okusawa in?
That's not the problem.
Why the fuck are you talking like that,
like you're privileged!
Otsuki, Sagisaki and Kaneko
Feb 4:
Michiyo Kaneko, 23, dead
were known as "The Blossoming Trio
of Yokohama University".
Kaneko had been 8 months pregnant.
The father of her child was
Masakuni Yoshino.
Can you break everything down
at Haruna base, Sakaguchi?
I leave it to you from here.
What happened?
Feb 6:
Yasuko Yamamoto escaped
The cops might come. I'll fight.
What are you going to do?
Gimme a gun.
I'm fighting too!
Warn those breaking down
Haruna base of the danger.
We'll regroup at a cave on Mt. Myogi.
It's on the map here.
Feb 7:
Torayshi Meazawa escaped
Feb 12:
Mt. Myogi
If I could advance
the revolution by dying
I would gladly be killed!
Where is the revolution?
Why don't you self-critique?
Yamada, who chaired the Bund in Kyoto,
was close to RAF chair Shioni.
Debilitated, he convalesced
in the hospital
before returning as a soldier
in Mori's RAF.
Feb 12:
Takashi Yamada, 27, dead
Apart from the three defectors,
everyone's moved to Mt Myogi.
Yamada died there, in defeat.
Listen, Sakaguchi.
I'm leaving you for Mori.
From the communist perspective
it's the right thing to do.
I understand.
I've been relying on you for my thought
and I want to break away.
I critique myself for being married
to the kind of woman
I couldn't bring to the mountain.
I think being together with Nagata
is the correct thing to do.
If I don't think like this
I'll never become a communist.
I'll tell my wife as soon as possible.
I have a kid too.
My wife will cry but...
Can you let me talk to Nagata
alone for a minute?
I do love you.
That kind of language
is no longer permissible.
What do you think of critique?
As the battle with the
ruling powers intensifies
we all must be communists
to advance the revolution.
I've lost track of the
meaning of critique.
I still don't know why Mori
sentenced Teraoka to die.
He was a factionalist, he might
have escaped or informed.
He lacked the qualifications
to be a revolutionary.
Fine, enough...
I'm going back.
You're ok, right?
Sakaguchi...
It's Uegaki.
They found out about Haruna base.
We've gotta move quick.
Even if we destroy the armed enemy,
the unarmed enemy remains!
Even if we destroy the armed enemy,
the unarmed enemy remains!
We must root out enemy toxins
and our own impurities!
We must root out enemy toxins
and our own impurities!
Revolutionary war is the antidote!
Revolutionary war is the antidote!
Run! Run!
Your boots are ruined.
I'll give you one of mine.
If we live to meet again, give it back.
I'll return it twice over.
Goddammit it.
Put the radio on.
This morning in the mountain
of Gunma prefecture
extremists Hiroko Nagata and
Tsuneo Mori were arrested.
She was a leading activist of the RLF.
Police are searching the area
for more members in hiding.
Last night, two other suspected
members were arrested.
Their relation are
under investigation.
A planner of the gun shop
raid last February
Nagata was wanted by the police.
According to police investigation,
the RLF joined with the RAF,
who had executed the Yodogo hijacking
their movements have been under watch.
I repeat...
That's enough.
Tomorrow morning we form
two groups and break out.
Alright, here we go.
- See ya.
- Be careful.
Feb 19, 1972:
Uegaki, Aoto, Terabayashi and Ito
are reported by citizens and arrested
Go, keep going.
A little further.
Damn. Don't stop.
Don't stop!
Keep going, faster!
Don't give up.
Don't give up.
Get out of here.
Motohisa, don't give up!
Keep going, don't look back!
A little more!
Mt. Asama, Nagano Prefecture
Here, drink this.
We're the revolutionary army.
We're sorry,
but we have to occupy this place.
We intend you no harm.
But please remain quiet.
Is anyone else here?
We have some guests,
but they're out skating.
When will they be back?
Around 6.
Anyone else?
My husband.
Now, he's walking the dog.
Pull up the tatami floor.
I'm really sorry, but
I have to tie you up.
What do we do now?
For now, let's recover our balance.
No objection.
Hello? Ma'am?
Are you there?
It's okay.
This is the chief of police of Karuizawa.
You students in the
lodge are surrounded.
There is no way to escape.
Stop shooting, dammit!
Discard your guns and come out.
The manager's wife has
nothing to do with this.
Let her go immediately.
We are communists.
Our goal is to overthrow the powers
that oppress the masses
for capitalists' profit.
We're fighting for the revolution
to end war and inequality in the world.
Think of this as something
like protesters seeking help
from civilian homes to escape police
during demonstrations.
So, you are not a hostage.
We are just borrowing
this lodge from you.
Let's hold a meeting
to decide on a plan.
We won't get anywhere like this.
We should shoot our way
out of the siege.
Impossible. The lodge is
surrounded by many layers.
I think shooting our way out
is impossible too.
If we take her, we might
be able to escape.
The cops can't make
any careless blunders.
Where could we go?
The cops will be after us forever.
Let's take her hostage and demand
the release of Mori and Nagata.
The cops will never go for that.
It's useless to launch some
suicidal breakthrough missions.
We fight an absolute war
of resistance here.
If so, then we don't need her.
We can release her right now.
No way!
Her presence gives us an advantage
to continue the resistance.
We're fighting a towering enemy,
our only option is to exploit
their weakness.
With their fake calls for democracy,
superficially they have to
uphold human life.
So, her protection for now
is our best tactic.
It is permitted for this
strategic confrontation.
The plan is to fight a war of
resistance while protecting her.
Is everyone okay with that?
No objection!
We have enough food supplies
to fight for about a month.
We conserve from today,
and make rice porridge.
No objection.
We are now in a war of position.
Don't waste bullets.
No objection.
No objection.
Ma'am, I'm very sorry.
Haven't you made enough disturbance.
Let the woman go!
I'll take her place if you
want someone. Please come out.
She's aged so much...
Masakuni, if you're there,
please listen.
I understand how you all feel.
But aren't your actions
contradicting your words?
Why did you quit university?
Wasn't it to sacrifice yourself
for the good of society?
Release the woman!
That's true courage.
Using our parents, damn.
What dirty bastards!
My folks ran a flower shop
where I grew up.
It's the countryside they'll be
ostracized for sure.
My old man...
He'll probably have to
leave the company.
Nixon shakes hands
with Chinese leaders.
Later, with Henry Kissinger...
Unbelievable...
What'll happen to
"anti-American patriotism"?
Masakuni, President Nixon's
gone to China.
We've entered a new age.
So, throw out your guns
and come out.
The police say they won't shoot
if you come out.
Nagata and others were caught,
but they're unhurt.
Ma'am, are you injured?
I don't know how to apologize,
I'm so sorry.
Son, can you shoot at your own mother?
Sakaguchi, some strange guy is
at the front door.
Red Army members!
I'm an intellectual.
I understand your feelings.
I'm coming to replace the woman.
I'm on your side.
I've left my wife and kid behind
and come from Niigata.
So, please let me in.
Go back!
Or I'll shoot!
Student in the lodge!
He's a civilian, not a police officer.
Don't shoot.
I repeat, he's not a police officer.
Don't shoot.
Feb 22: Masaniko Tagawa,
30, bar owner, is shot.
He died a week later.
You are completely surrounded.
Throw out your guns.
Come out immediately.
If you have any conscience,
show us the woman.
Stop shooting.
Please come out with the hostage.
Your parents are worried.
Bring the hostage and come out.
Please! Stop firing!
Reporting the latest news...
The stalemate continues
at Asama Mountain Lodge.
The Nagano police plan to
send in an armed squadron
to break off the stalemate.
Prior to this, the Commissioner
General has announced
that they will continue to use
discussion and persuasion...
How's it going, Motohisa?
There's no movement.
The power's cut.
We've arrested all your peers.
Throw out your guns and come out.
It's just sounds.
They're just playing
a tape to rile us up.
Sweetie! Are you ok?
You aren't cold?
Everyone's here, hang in there.
We're all waiting for you to come back.
Sis, everything's okay.
Just stay patient a little longer.
You'll get out soon, hang in there.
All of you listen,
please return my daughter.
I think you've accomplished your goals.
So, please, let my daughter go.
I want to set everyone at ease.
Even just a minute,
let me stand on the balcony.
Even a phone call would be ok.
Please, let me call.
I just want to tell them I'm ok.
The police already know you're ok.
They're using bugs.
They're having your family speak
to manipulate public opinion.
I know it's tough, but just bear with it.
Be strong.
Because everyone's with you.
I've done everything I could for you,
you're my reason for living.
We really understand
you all want to make the world better.
Even the police praise you.
But if you hurt someone,
you'll get hurt yourselves.
We'll wait all day and tomorrow too.
Just come out.
Let's go home and eat a meal together.
They're here!
You're completely surrounded.
Give up your guns and come out.
All your friends are arrested.
Release the hostage and come out.
Today during the operation,
Bando ate more than his ration.
This as a major violation or military
codes during all-out war.
Self-criticism is required.
No, during the operation, a certain
degree of autonomy is permitted.
Provided this results
in no serious effect,
we should allow individual
judgments on food supplies.
Have we not sought
our comrade's self-critiques
in the name of revolutionary discipline?
That very cookie you ate
is an anti-revolutionary symbol.
This is wartime.
We're fighting an enemy.
Finally fighting the real enemy!
This is idiotic.
There's no such thing
as anti-revolutionary cookies.
How can you face your comrades?
Criticize yourselves.
Why have we come this far?
Point your guns at the enemy.
We're comrades!
Bando, just criticize yourself
and all will be fine.
I criticize myself for
eating snacks during duty.
I will preserve revolutionary
discipline from here on.
I will strengthen group bonds.
I will fight through to
the end of the all-out war!
From their movements, it looks like
the police will storm the lodge soon.
I want to make your position clear.
The ruling powers only know how to
solve problems by applying more force.
The battle is about to
get much more severe.
But we will never hurt you.
This much I promise.
We are here to fight the police.
So we have no intention
to use you as a hostage.
We will not ask you to be our ally.
But neither do we want you
to go with the police.
We want you to remain neutral.
The police talk like they're
concerned about your safety
but we are their target.
They won't think anything
of sacrificing a civilian.
Their real aim is to steal
our social consciousness
and our political goal of revolution.
The police have known all along
that you're safe.
In order for us to fight the police,
we want you to stay neutral.
If they use the tactic of force, we will
do everything we can to protect you.
What do you mean by fighting
with the police?
We mean to start a revolution.
Revolution?
We will radically remake
Japanese society.
Even you don't think Japan
is okay as it is, do you?
Whatever happens...
can you promise us neutrality?
Promise you neutrality?
Standing neither with
the police nor with us.
If you just remain the
inn manager, that's fine.
But I have one request.
If this goes to trial,
don't call me as a witness.
Okay, I promise.
Thank you.
Feb 28, 1972
This is the chief of police
with an announcement
for the criminals in the lodge.
It's not too late.
Don't compound your crimes.
Free the hostage,
discard your guns and come out!
If you're willing to talk,
stand with the hostage
in a place where the police can see you, with a white rag.
The police won't wait any longer!
I'll warn you again.
The battle is here at last.
It's either victory or death for us.
If we die, we can probably meet
in the other world.
I'm glad the all-out war isn't tomorrow.
Otherwise, our death anniversary
would only come every 4 years.
This is a message from
the Chief of Police.
You've ignored multiple warnings
and continued with your brutal crimes.
Soon, to save the hostage,
officers will use force.
This is your last chance.
Discard your weapons and stand in
a visible place with a white rag.
We are now going to use force
to rescue the hostage.
Cease your useless resistance.
We are now going to use force
to rescue the hostage.
I wish our comrades could
have been here for this meal.
Our battles inherit their spilled blood.
Our debt...
is to our fallen comrades.
Let's pay back the debt.
We'll pick up the pieces.
What the fuck are you talking about?
Now of all times?
How are you gonna pick up the pieces?
Not one of us
had any courage!
Not you either
Not you either
Sakaguchi!
Not you either!
You're a Stalinist!
I sentence you to death.
You had no courage!
I had no courage...
We had no courage!
Give up!
You bastard!
Get the guns!
Use the handcuffs!
Feb 28, 1972:
Hiroshi Sakaguchi arrested
Kunio Bando arrested
Masakuni Yoshino arrested
Michinori Kato arrested
Motohisa Kato held as a minor
1635 riot police mobilized
Two police officers and
one civilian killed. 27 injured
Weapons used by police:
3126 tear gas canisters,
326 smoke bombs, 96 rubber bullets
83 flares, 15.82 tons of water.
How dark things were...
a year ago today.
When I look back on myself
over this year.
I feel relentless self-loathing
and despair.
I've found a direction.
What I need now is true courage.
My first revolutionary trial.
To make the leap.
Tsuneo Mori, 28 - Jan 1, 1973:
committed suicide in prison
Hiroko Nagata:
currently in prison on death row
Hiroshi Sakaguchi:
currently in prison on death row
Masakuni Yoshino:
serving life sentence
Kunio Bando: Released by demand of
JRA (Japanese Red Army)
Current whereabouts unknown
Takamaro Tamiya:
died in 1995 in Pyongyang
May 30: JRA attack on
Israel's Tel Aviv Airport
Jan 31: PFLP and JRA
blow up Singapore Refinery
Jul 26: JRA member Yoshika Yamada
arrested in Paris
Aug 30: EAAAF
(East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front)
dynamites Mitsubishi building.
JRA secures release of Yoshiaki Yamada
by hijacking US embassy in the Hague.
1975 Mar 5: JRA members Jun Nishikawa
and Kazuo Tohira arrested
in Stockholm and extradited to Japan.
Aug 4: JRA occupies US embassy
in Kuala Lampur.
They free Nichikawa, Tohia,
URA member Kunio Bando,
RAF member Hasishi Matsuda
and EAAAF member Norio Sasaki.
1976 Sept 23: JRA member Junzo Okudaira,
Toshihiko Hidaka arrested in Jordan.
Hidaka commits suicide.
Oct 13: JRA member Okudaira and
the body of Hidaka extradited to Japan.
1977 Sept 28:
JRA hijack Japan Airlines flight
In Dhaka, Okudaira,
RAF member Tsutomu Shitosaki,
EAAAF members Yukiko Ekita
and Ayako Daidjo,
Teru Nihira and Hiroshi Sensui are freed.
1982 June 16: Hiroko Nagata and
Hiroshi Sakaguchi get death sentence
1985 May 20: JRA member Kozo Okamoto
freed in prisoner exchange
1987 Nov 21: JRA member Osamu Maruoka
arrested in Tokyo
1988 June 7: JRA member Hiroshi Sensui
arrested in Philippines.
1995 Mar 24 : JRA member Yukiko Ekita
arrested in Romania.
1996 June 8: JRA member Kazue Yoshimura
arrested in Peru
Sept 23: JRA member Tsutomu Shirosaki
arrested in Nepal, transferred to America.
1997 Feb 15: JRA members Kozo Okamoto,
Haruo Wako, Kazuo Tohira,
Masao Adachi and Mariko Yamamoto
arrested in Lebanon.
Nov 18: JRA member Jun Nishikawa
arrested in Bolivia
Mar 18: JRA members Wako, Tohira,
Adachi and Yamamoto transfered to Japan
2000 Nov 8: JRA member Fusako Shigenobu
arrested in Osaka
2001: Fusako Shigenobu
announces dissolution of JRA
2002 Mar 30:
Former JRA member Takao Himori protests
Israel's slaughter of
Palestinian civilians
Pleading for freedom of
Palestinian children,
he self-immolates in Tokyo's Hibiya Park.
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