Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War

Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War

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1971-09-29

On their way back from the Cannes Film Festival in 1971, filmmakers Wakamatsu Koji and Adachi Masao visited Lebanon to meet Japan's Red Army faction and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to shoot a newsreel film promoting the Palestinian resistance. Conceived as a ‘declaration of world war’ that implicates us all, the directors capture the everyday banality of military training and preparation exercises for imminent battle.

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Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War

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On their way back from the Cannes Film Festival in 1971, filmmakers Wakamatsu Koji and Adachi Masao visited Lebanon to meet Japan's Red Army faction and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to shoot a newsreel film promoting the Palestinian resistance. Conceived as a ‘declaration of world war’ that implicates us all, the directors capture the everyday banality of military training and preparation exercises for imminent battle.

Released

1971-09-29

Runtime

70

Director

Kōji Wakamatsu

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Language

日本語

Production

Wakamatsu Production

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    Rokihiro Toga

    Rokihiro Toga
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    Aoi Nakajima

    中島葵
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    Susumu Iwabuchi

    Susumu Iwabuchi
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    Masao Matsuda

    松田政男
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    Masao Adachi

    足立正生
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    Fusako Shigenobu

    Fusako Shigenobu
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    Leila Khaled

    Leila Khaled
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    Ghassan Kanafani

    Ghassan Kanafani
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    Mustafa Abu Ali

    Mustafa Abu Ali