is a 2011 Japanese film directed by

Nobuhiro Yamashita is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Aichi Prefecture, Yamashita attended Osaka University of Arts where he worked on Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's '' Kichiku Dai Enkai''. His graduation film ''Hazy Life'', took the Off Theatre Competition Grand ...

, director of ''

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''. It is based on Saburo Kawamoto's true life account. The film was featured at the 2011 (30th) Vancouver International Film Festival, the 2011 (16th) Busan International Film Festival and the 2011 (55th) BFI London Film Festival.

Plot

The film follows the story of Sawada (played by Satoshi Tsumabuki) joining a left wing magazine as a gonzo journalist in 1969. He is taken under the wing of the editor, and goes to interview Umeyama (

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), who is developing a reputation as a radical - an activist intent on making a violent demonstration. However, Umeyama may not be exactly who he says he is. The film follows the two characters involvement in the political activist world of 1960s/70s Japan.

Cast

* Satoshi Tsumabuki *

* Yuya Matsuura as Tomotsu *

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as Christ * Hiroshi Yamamoto as Hitoshi Saeki * Takeshi Yamamoto as Kiyohara, * Hideki Nakano as Tsugawa, * Daikichi Sugawara as Kobayashi

Awards

Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award (Shiori Kutsuna) - 2011 (66th) Mainichi Film Awards - January 18, 2012

References

External links

* Films directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita 2011 films 2010s Japanese-language films 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub