Rain of Light (2001)
Original title: 光の雨
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This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was discovered that they had murderously turned upon themselves in a bizarre extension of their radical philosophy. This event virtually marked the end of the Student Revolution.
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Masato Hagiwara
Ren Osugi
Sansei Shiomi
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Nae YuukiNaoki Matsuda
So YamanakaDaisuke Kondo
Miwa Kawagoe
Yuka ItayaYô YazawaYuki SekikawaMovie DNA
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What is Rain of Light about?
This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was discovered that they had murderously turned upon themselves in a bizarre extension of their radical philosophy. This event virtually marked the end of the Student Revolution.
How long is Rain of Light?
Rain of Light has a runtime of 130 minutes.