The year students and workers revolted against established authorities around the world, in Narita, Japan, residents of the farming village Sanrizuka rose up in protest against the construction of an international airport in the region. Following the actions of the “Youth Brigade,” the camera is standing with the farmers and resonates with their angst and their passion, no matter how often it changes perspectives on either side of the (armed) conflict with the authorities.
Summer in Narita
Nihon Kaiho sensen: Sanrizuka no natsu
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- Direction: Shinsuke Ogawa
- Cinematography: Koshiro Otsu, Masaki Tamura
- Sound: Yukio Kubo
- Music: L.V. Beethoven, Hikaru Hayashi
- Production: Ogawa Productions
- Producers: Hideko Kobayashi, Hiroo Fuseya, Ryuji Ichiyama
- Format: ProRes 422HD
- Color: B&W
- Production Country: Japan
- Production Year: 1968
- Duration: 105'
- Contact: Athénée Français Cultural Center, infor@athenee.net
Shinsuke Ogawa
Filmography
1967 Forest of Oppression – A Record of the Struggle at Takasaki City University of Economics
1968 Summer in Narita
1975 A Song of the Bottom | Dokkoi! Songs from the Bottom
1977 The Magino Village Story – Raising Silkworms
1982 A Japanese Village: Furuyashikimura