The radical filmmaking group Ogawa Productions made a series of eight films from 1968 through the 70s on the Sanrizuka protests (earlier than the video linked above). They're incredible pieces of filmmaking, both from a documentary and artistic standpoint. I would strongly recommend at least the first film in the series Summer in Sanrizuka as well as Markus Nornes' book about Ogawa productions Forest of Pressure to anyone interested in these protests, leftist filmmaking or the culture of the 1960s Japanese protest movement. The Sanrizuka films are also incredibly interesting from a tactical and organizational standpoint, and provide examples of how groups with major cultural and demographic differences (rural farmers and college-educated leftist radicals) were able to work together to stage resistance.

Ogawa Productions was a really interesting group as well. They emerged from radical leftist organizing in 1960s Japan and were active for decades making documentaries while deeply embedded with their subjects. During the making of the Sanrizuka series, members of Ogawa productions worked very closely with with the rural smallholding farmers that had become involved in the protests. These farmers play a huge role in these films. Following completion of the Sanrizuka series, Ogawa productions screened these films widely to rural and urban audiences. During one of these screenings in rural Yamagata, they were basically challenged by a group of farmers to deepen their understanding and engagement with their culture and struggles, as the farmers still believed the films only superficially depicted farmers. This resulted in Ogawa productions uprooting from Tokyo and moving to a remote village called Magino where, over 10+ years they made another series of films about village life and farming. Also highly recommended films. However, Ogawa productions had a lot of deeply flawed elements. They began with a strong ideological commitment to collective film-making, but the head of the group, Shinsuke Ogawa, acted like a cult leader at times and was abusive to other members. The culture of the group was apparently highly patriarchal as well. There is a film by Barbara Hammer called Devotion that talks about these aspects of the group and they are also discussed in the Nornes book mentioned above.

Omg, that charge with the logs!

Damn, firebombs are insanely effective. $10 worth of gas and bottles defeats like $100k worth of police equipment.

You are a water truck and yet you are on fire; curious!

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