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, with a score by former Sonic Youth member Jim O'Rourke.