We want to live as human beings! Cluel stories of labor.

"With a movie, we won't be full but we can stir up our hatred to the enemy." Michio Sato

Program

"Yama Yararetara Yarikaese"

Yama -Attack to Attack-English title:"Yama -Attack to Attack-"
1985/Japan/100 min/color/16mm
Director:Michio Sato, Kyoichi Yamaoka

This film recorded the battle of day laborers with temporary personnel service dealers who raked off a percentage of laborers' wages in Sanya which is the town of laborers. Both of the directors were killed by a hit man sent from the temporary personnel service dealers. When Sato was killed, he was recording this film. Yamaoka was killed after he finished this film. This film starts from the scene that Sato was attacked and killed.

"Kani Ko-sen"

The Crab Factory ShipEnglish title:"The Crab Factory Ship"
1953/Japan/110 min/monochrome/ /35mm
Director,Writer,Cast:Sou Yamamura
Original author:Takiji Kobayashi Music:Akira Ifukube

In bad days, the crab factory ship which was carrying migrant workers was a hellish ship. The migrant workers were exploited with cheap wages to make expensive crab cans. They were killed by the manager's everyday abuse. At last, they united and counterattacked. The original author, Takiji Kobayashi, was arrested after this novel was released. He was killed by intense torture in a police station when he was 29 years old.