Underground Square

  • (Chika hiroba) 
地下広場
  • Director: Keiya OUCHIDA
  • Japan 1969, 16mm, 90 min, Japanese with English subtitles

In February 1969 activists and students gather on the Underground Square between East and West exit of Shinjuku Station. They declare the place a greek “agora”, a place where people connect and debate about politics. When they collide with anti-protesters the police closes the gathering place down.

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