Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress
MovieTitle | 三里塚 第二砦の人々 |
User score | 5.7 |
Release date | May 23, 1971 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Shinsuke Ogawa |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Ogawa Productions |
Run time | 143 min. |
It's the mid 60s. Tokyo needs a new airport. There isn't anywhere in Tokyo to put it, so the government decides on displacing some adjacent villages. The peasants of these villages are not having it. What results is a remarkable act of protest and civil disobedience.