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United Red Army (2007)

Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu

History | Drama | Thriller

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Overview

Two of the most radical student groups form the United Red Army (URA) and head into the mountains to conduct a training camp. Ideology devolves into despotism, and the URA’s leaders begin to arbitrarily persecute their followers, a harrowing ordeal that culminates in violence and murder.

Length 190 minutes

Actors

Maki Sakai | Arata Iura | Akie Namiki | Go Jibiki | Shima Ohnishi | Keigo Kasuya | Akiko Monô | Yuki Fujii | Kaoru Okunuki | Tak Sakaguchi | Yugo Saso | Hideo Nakaizumi | Maria Abe | Tomori Abe | Anri Ban | Yoshio Harada | Erika Okuda | Nao Okabe | Kenji Date | Megumi Ichinose | Shinji Miyadai | Hassei Takano | Nobuya Tamaichi | Soran Tamoto | Kazuki Tsujimoto | Takaki Uda | Naoki Yamamoto

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/02/2012TVDVDLibrary8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Brutal and intense historical account of the Red Army rebels in Japan from their protests and rise in the 60s through their demise in the 80s. A tough 3 hour watch but made so well.

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