Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
Social & External
The people behind it
Mariko Okada
Noe Ito / Mako Ito
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Sakae Osugi
Yūko Kusunoki
Itsuko Masaoka
Etsushi Takahashi
Jun Tsuji
Masako Yagi
Yasuko Hori
Taiko Shinbashi
Chiyoko
Kazuko Inano
Akiko Hiraga
Kinji Matsueda
Toshihiko Sakai
Takehiko Takagi
Hiroshi Okumura
Yoshisada Sakaguchi
Araya Kimura
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