Masao ADACHI 足立正生
The Prisoner
Nippon Digital ½
During a suicide attack on an airport, "M"'s handgrenade malfunctions and he is captured. In prison he slowly loses his grip on reality... Legendary political filmmaker Masao ADACHI's return to filmmaking after 35 years.
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The Prisoner (NC 2007)
Japan 2006
113 minutes
Director
Masao ADACHI
Script
Masao ADACHI
Cinematography
Yuichi NAGATA
Music
Jim O’ROURKE, Yoshihide OTOMO
Production
"Yuheisha" Production Committee
World sales
Slow Learner
Cast
Joji KAJIWARA, PANTA, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Tomorowo TAGUCHI
About Masao ADACHI
足立正生
Masao ADACHI, born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1939, began making films during his studies at Nihon University and is considered one of the most influential experimental filmmakers of the 1960’s, having worked with Nagisa OSHIMA and pink film director Koji WAKAMATSU, among others. In the 1970’s, he joined the Japanese Red Army and went to Lebanon, where he lived until his arrest and deportation to Japan in 2000. With THE PRISONER (2006 / NC ‘07), he again took up his work as a filmmaker with a focus on political activism. His latest film is ESCAPE (2025 / NC ‘25).