LOOKING FOR THE WOLF (aka EAST ASIA ANTI-JAPAN ARMED FRONT)
dir. Kim Mirye, 2018 | 74 min. South Korea. | In Japanese with English subtitles.

 

Introduction of the film

A blast shook the office buildings in Tokyo on August 30th, 1974. A time bomb had detonated and blown up part of the headquarters of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, leaving eight people dead and hundreds injured. The ‘Wolf’ cell, a unit of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front, claimed responsibility. Others, claiming to belong to the cells ‘Fangs of the Earth’ and ‘Scorpion’, carried out a series of bombings, targeting major corporations. Deeply conscious of Japan’s imperialist heritage, the members of the horizontal network EAAJAF were committed to ending the history of Japanese capitalist exploitation in Asia. More than 40 years have passed since then. Some members are no longer in the world, others remain incarcerated, while still others remain at large. In search of traces of these revolutionaries, the Korean documentarist Kim Mirye makes a painstaking trip through the Japanese archipelago, from the day-laborer district in Osaka to the northern marshes of Ainu Mosir (known as Hokkaido). Looking straight in the eyes of those who came together in support of the EAAJAF, despite the glaring shortcomings of the group’s project, she challenges us to discover what is left unthought and unimagined within our notions of Japan and East Asia.

Born in 1964, Kim Mirye is a documentarian who captures and encourages the possibilities of change and reflection by putting on the screen in a sympathetic light those who have been strategically fragmented and obscured by capital and power. Her feature documentaries such as WE ARE WORKERS OR NOT? (2003), NOGADA (2005), STAYED OUT OVERNIGHT (2009) and SANDA (2013) have created sensations at prominent domestic and international film festivals and community screenings, despite not being released in theaters. SANDA won the Best Korean Documentary Award at the 5th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival. LOOKING FOR THE WOLF, which talks about searching for the root cause of violence, international peace, and expanding solidarity, is her fifth feature film and first theatrical release.

 

❗️Ekida Yukiko ＆ Ugajin Hisaichi who are members of the EAAJAF will join the discussion following the screening of the film.

Date: 10th July 2022 (Sun) screening starts at 6:00pm
Ticket: Donation
Place: IRREGULAR RHYTHM ASYLUM (1-30-12-302 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-0022)

Organized by: 『SOUBOU』editorial meeting & IRREGULAR RHYTHM ASYLUM
Co-organized by: The Support and Liaison Committee to Crush the Attacks on the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front to whom Death Penalty and Heavy Punishment Abusively Applied

 

『狼をさがして』（別題『東アジア反日武装戦線』）監督キム・ミレ、2018年、74分、韓国。
1974年8月30日、東京のオフィスビルが爆風で襲われた。三菱重工業の本社の一部が時限爆弾で爆発、8人が死亡、数百人が負傷。
東アジア反日武装戦線「狼」と名乗る部隊が声明文を発表した。
それに続いて「大地の牙」、「さそり」部隊が、大企業を標的にした一連の爆撃を実行する。日本の帝国主義の遺産を深く意識した、水平ネットワークである東アジア反日武装戦線のメンバーは、アジアにおける日本の資本主義搾取の歴史を終わらせる、と約束した。
それから40年以上が経過。
一部のメンバーはもはやこの世におらず、投獄されたままのメンバーもいる中、他のメンバーに残されたものは大きい。
これら革命家の痕跡を求め、韓国のドキュメンタリスト、キム・ミレは、大阪の日雇い労働者地区からアイヌ・モシリ（北海道として知られる）の北の沼地まで、日本列島を骨の折れる旅をする。
彼らのプロジェクトの明白な欠点にもかかわらず、東アジア反日武装戦線を支援するため集まった人々の目をまっすぐ見ながら、彼女は私たちに、私たちの日本と東アジアの概念の中で考えられず、想像もされていないものを発見するよう挑発する。

 

興味はあるけど日本語がわからないので見送っていた、という人はぜひ。
当日は映画出演者である浴田由紀子さん、宇賀神寿一さんをお呼びし、交流の時間も用意しております。

日時　7月10日（日）18時〜
料金　投げ銭
場所　IRREGULAR RHYTHM ASYLUM（東京都新宿区新宿1-30-12-302）

主催　『そうぼう』編集部、IRREGULAR RHYTHM ASYLUM
共催　東アジア反日武装戦線への死刑重刑攻撃とたたかう支援連絡会議