Sanrizuka: Peasants of the Second Fortress
★★★★★
Japanese / 143 MIN. / 1971
The Genres
The Synopsis
It's the mid 60s. Tokyo needs a new airport. There isn't anywhere in Tokyo to put it, so the government decides on displacing some adjacent villages. The peasants of these villages are not having it. What results is a remarkable act of protest and civil disobedience.
