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In 1968 the plan by the government to construct a new international airport in the fields of Sanrizuka near Tokyo unleashed one of the most important and enduring social upheavals in the history of postwar Japan. The plan sought to evict thousands of farmers from their lands without any sort of respect for the locals’ rights. Their resistance to eviction was met with extreme violence by the police. Activists from all over the country, including thousands of students, joined with the farmers in their mounting struggle. As the combats in Sanrizuka became more intense and the numbers of police increased, the collective became more involved in the fighting. Sanrizuka: The Three Day War was what Ogawa called a “bullet film”, an immediate and powerful piece of agitprop shot in three days and intended to be seen as quickly and widely as possible. Credit: ICA London
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수백년을 이어져 내려온 마을이 공항 건설이라는 당면 과제 앞에서 철저하게 파괴된다. 농민들은 말한다. "낡은 인간관계는 백지가 되었다. 새로운 인간관계를 만들어야 한다"고. 신공항 건설 반대 투쟁은 근원적인 인간의 문제를 제기한다. 피를 나눈 형제가 찬성파가 되어 분열하고 갈등한다. 농민들 한 가운데에 선 카메라는 긴장감을 가지고 촬영은 계속한다.
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This film documents student preparations for the final phases of the 1969 protests against the renewal of the security treaty.
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In 1968, Ogawa decided to form Ogawa Productions and locate it at the newly announced construction site of Narita International Airport in a district called Sanrizuka. Ogawa chose to locate his company in the most radical of the villages, Heta. Some farmers immediately sold their land; others vehemently protested and drew the support of social movements across the country. Together they clashed with riot police sent in to protect surveyors, who were plotting out the airport. Summer in Sanrizuka is a messy film – its chaos communicating the passions and actions on the ground.
