Masao Adachi

• Name — Masao Adachi • Native Name — 足立 正生 • Other Names — Izuru Deguchi, De Deguchi, Yoshiaki Otani • Born — 13 May 1939 • Birthplace — Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Empire of Japan • Education — Nihon University • Occupation — Screenwriter, film director, actor • Years Active — 1960 – c. 1971 / 2003–present • Movement — Japanese New Wave

Best known for his writing collaborations with directors Kōji Wakamatsu and Nagisa Oshima, often under the pseudonyms "Izuru Deguchi" or "De Deguchi" (出口出), he also directed a number of his own films, usually dealing with left-wing political themes. Adachi was a prominent director in the Japanese New Wave film movement, producing pink films alongside documentaries. He stopped making films in the early 1970s and joined the Japanese Red Army. He resided in Lebanon for 28 years, lending assistance to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine until he was arrested and extradited back to Japan in 2000 due to his connections to the JRA. After being held for a year and a half he was convicted and released based on the time he had already served. Since his release, he has resumed making films. Adachi directed Revolution+1, a film based on the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, focusing on a fictionalized version of the suspect Tetsuya Yamagami. On September 27, the day of Abe's state funeral, a special 50-minute version of the film was shown in small theatres across Japan. The film was to be screened at a total of 13 theatres, but one theatre cancelled its screening after receiving a series of threatening phone calls and emails. The full-length 75-minute cut was released on December 24, 2022.

• Year — English title — Japanese title • 1960 — Today Has Passed Again — Kyou mo mata sugita (今日もまた過ぎた) • 1961 — Bowl — Wan (椀) • 1963 — Closed Vagina — Sain (鎖陰) • 1966 — Abortion — Datai (堕胎) • 1967 — Birth Control Revolution — Hinin kakumei (避妊革命) • 1967 — Violated Angels — Okasareta Hakui (犯された白衣) • 1967 — Galaxy — Gingakei (銀河系) • 1968 — Three Resurrected Drunkards — Kaette kita yopparai (帰って来たヨッパライ) • 1968 — Sex Zone — Sei chitai (性地帯 セックスゾーン) • 1968 — Sex Games — Sei yūgi (性遊戯) • 1969 — Female Student Guerilla — Jogakusei gerira (女学生ゲリラ) • 1969 — A.K.A. Serial Killer — Ryakusho / Renzoku shasatsuma (略称・連続射殺魔) • 1969 — Go, Go, Second Time Virgin — Yuke Yuke Nidome no Shojo (ゆけゆけ二度目の処女) • 1969 — Rebel Woman: Dream Hell — Hanjo mugen jigoku (叛女・夢幻地獄) • 1971 — Gushing Prayer — Funshutsu kigan 15-sai no Baishunfu (噴出祈願 十五代の売春婦) • 1971 — Ecstasy of the Angels — Tenshi no kōkotsu (天使の恍惚) • 1971 — Red Army/PLFP: Declaration of World War — Sekigun-P.F.L.P: Sekai senso sengen (赤軍PFLP・世界戦争宣言) • 2007 — Prisoner / Terrorist — Yûheisha - terorisuto (幽閉者 テロリスト) • 2016 — Artist of Fasting — Danjiki Geinin (断食芸人) • 2022 — Revolution+1 — Revolution+1 • 2025 — The Escape — Tōsō (逃走)

• Andrews, William. Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw: Adachi Masao and Japan’s Cinema of Revolution. Awai Books, 2026. • Baudelaire, Eric. The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images. Installation for MACBA, Barcelona, 2011. Text in English and Catalan; film, 66 min.; nine screenprints.

• Adachi, Masao, and Go Hirasawa. Film / Revolution. Tokyo: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2003. In Japanese. • Adachi, Masao. Le Bus de la révolution passera bientôt près de chez toi: Écrits sur le cinéma, la guérilla et l’avant-garde. Rouge Profond, 2012. In French.

Masao Adachi is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as actor, screenwriter, film producer and director.