Masao ADACHI
Gushing Prayer
Nippon Retro ²
A young girl embarks on an odyssey of sexual exploration in this oblique tale set in the aftermath of the failed student protests of the late-60s. From one of the most experimental and politically radical directors of the era.
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Gushing Prayer (NC 2009)
About Masao ADACHI
Masao ADACHI, born in 1939, was a member of the Nihon University Film Study Club and one of the most influential experimental filmmakers of the 1960s. He later collaborated with Nagisa OSHIMA and Pink director Koji WAKAMATSU. He joined the Japanese Red Army and went to the Middle East in 1974. In 2000 he returned to Japan and shot PRISONER / TERRORIST.