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Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa (1957)
Directed by Fumio Kamei
Documentary · 55m
On October 12, 1956, 53 surveyors and 1,300 armed police rushed the gathered union and Zen Gaku Ren (the All Japan Federation of Self-Governing Students Associations) members who then formed a scrum to protect themselves. 278 people from both sides were injured. On the 13th, at the protest’s peak, 5,000 workers and Zen Gaku Ren members had been mobilized when the police attacked the demonstrators’ picket lines. 844 protesters and 80 police were injured. Public opinion erupted against the the violence of the armed police and the government’s lack of a policy, and on the 14th, the radio suddenly announced that the government would stop its survey. Sunagawa overflowed with joy and excitement, and a victory demo was held. On the 15th, a National People’s Rally was held to celebrate the victory of Sunagawa’s fight against the base, and protesters who had sustained grave injuries came from the hospital to address the meeting.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Fumio Kamei
- Original Music Composer
- Katsutoshi Nagasawa
- Editor
- Masami Watanabe, Toyotomi Yasushi, Kishi Tomiko, Fumio Kamei
- Producer
- Tadashi Ôno
Details
- Original title
- 流血の記録・砂川
- Release date
- 1957-01-29
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Japan Document Film, Sunagawa War Documentary Film Productions