United Red Army DVD (Lorber)
United Red Army, the 2007 Japanese-language film that Sight & Sound magazine called “one of the best films of the decade” is now streaming on Netflix Instant in HD. Director Koji Wakamatsu’s (Caterpillar) epic docudrama explores the political unrest of 1960′s Japan, when mass student uprisings coincided with the beginnings of the far-left United Red Army group, which tortured and murdered its ”deviant” members during a 1972 training session.
An uncompromising piece of filmmaking from one of Japan’s most controversial filmmakers, United Red Army also features a score by former Sonic Youth member Jim O’Rourke. Check out the trailer!
