Masao Adachi

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Former Japanese Red Army members Kozo Okamoto (C), Kazuo Tohira (R) and Haruo Wako (L) pose during the wedding of Masao Adachi in Roumieh prison near Beirut, February 22, 2000, [1]

Masao Adachi (足立正生 Adachi Masao, born May 13, 1939) was a Japanese screenwriter and director in the 1960s and 1970s. Best known for his writing collaborations with directors Koji Wakamatsu and Nagisa Oshima, he also directed a number of his own films, usually dealing with leftist political themes. He abandoned filmmaking in the early 1970s and joined the Japanese Red Army, a notorious terrorist group. After residing in Lebanon for 28 years, he was arrested on charges of forgery and sent to Jordan, which extradited him to Japan. He was found guilty of forgery in September 2001 and received a four-year sentence, suspended to 18 months. Since his release, he has resumed making films after a 30 year absence.

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