It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution - Masao Adachi

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This tribute to radical Japanese writer-director Masao Adachi is the first in a series of retrospectives from filmmaker Philippe Grandrieux. Grandrieux's incendiary series is dedicated to filmmakers informed by a sense of deep political agitation a criteria that far-left cinematic insurrectionist Masao Adachi certainly qualifies for. After producing a number of crucial films in a 1960s Japan blanketed by a paranoia of Communism and the left, Adachi gave up filmmaking in 1971 to join the Japanese Red Army, a militant left-wing organisation operating out of Lebanon. Thirty-five years later, he has made his return to the world of film, still as subversive and confronting as ever.Grandrieux delves into the complex history of this fascinating figure of political cinema, crafting a reverential tribute to a man whose actions spoke as loudly as his images.