Mitsuo Sato

Born in in Minami-Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan in 1947. He became involved in nation-wide student protests in 1968. The following year, he was arrested during demonstrations at Tokyo University. In 1983, he met members of the Sanya Winter Struggle Support Volunteers. In November 1984, he moved to the Tokyo neighbourhood of Sanya to capture the struggles going on there. Filming began shortly after that, on 5 December; on 22 December, Sato was murdered by a member of the Nishido gang.