Busted in Beiruit

[matteo boscarol]

Sorry if I`m a little off topic but talking about Adachi, last time
I`ve met him he was still busy ghathering funds for "13gatsu" any news
on that?

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Matteo Boscarol
Il Manifesto

2010/5/12 Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>:
> Over dinner with Adachi Masao, I learned that Wakamatsu Koji was arrested a
> few weeks ago in Beirut. Wakamatsu was in Lebanon for film screenings, and
> he had visited the prison where Adachi, Okamoto Kozo, and other Red Army
> members were imprisoned before extradition to Japan. As they approached the
> area, there were signs everywhere warning "no photography allowed."
> Wakamatsu left his camera in the car when he and three companions approached
> the prison by foot. There were people watching them from every
> direction...and he noticed that one of his companions had brought a video
> camera and was shooting from the hip. They immediately got busted and thrown
> into said prison. After many hours of worried calls to Japan, a lawyer
> managed to spring them. I'm sure we'll be hearing Wakamatsu telling this
> story whenever he has the chance!
> Markus
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