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The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka

Original title: Nihon Kaiho sensen: Sanrizuka no natsu
Year: 1968
Running time: 108 min.
Country: Japan
Director: Shinsuke Ogawa
Screenwriter: Shinsuke Ogawa
Cast: Documentary
Producer: Ogawa Productions
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: In 1968, Ogawa decided to form Ogawa Productions and locate it at the newly announced construction site of Narita International Airport in a district called Sanrizuka. Ogawa chose to locate his company in the most radical of the villages, Heta. Some farmers immediately sold their land; others vehemently protested and drew the support of social movements across the country. Together they clashed with riot police sent in to protect surveyors, who were plotting out the airport. Summer in Sanrizuka is a messy film – its chaos communicating the passions and actions on the ground.

This film is the first of a trilogy about the citizens of Sanrizuka/Narita. The second film is Narita: Peasants of the Second Fortress (1971) and the third film is Sanrizuka - Heta Village (1973).

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The Battle Front for the Liberation of Japan – Summer in Sanrizuka

1968

Shinsuke Ogawa