実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 (2007): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2007, 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 is a thriller, drama and historie film directed by Kōji Wakamatsu, running about 190 minutes.

What it’s about. The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain training camps in the southern Japanese Alps. It emphasizes the dogmatic (and eventually hypocritical) bullying of the group by Mori and Nagata, with 12 members being killed for infractions as small as improperly cleaning a gun, wearing make-up, and kissing. The third act shows the splitting up of the group after two members run off. It follows one group of five members to Karuizawa and a hostage-taking and police standoff known as the Asama-Sansō incident.

Who’s in it. 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 stars Maki Sakai as Mieko Toyama, Arata Iura as Hiroshi Sakaguchi, Akie Namiki as Hiroko Nagata and Go Jibiki as Tsuneo Mori, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.1/10, 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In USA you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 page.

If you liked it. Fans of 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Parasite and Fight Club.