Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw: Adachi Masao and Japan's Cinema of Revolution with William Andrews (Awai Books, 2026)

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Pink Auteur, Red Outlaw: Adachi Masao and Japan’s Cinema of Revolution (Awai Books, 2026) is the first-ever English-language book on Adachi Masao. Based on extensive interviews with the director and years of research, this study offers a comprehensive portrait of the filmmaker and his provocative oeuvre – from socially engaged pink films and New Wave cinema to experimental documentary and avant-garde psychodrama. An essential read for those interested in cinema, history, or politics.

Author William Andrews is a Tokyo-based writer and translator originally from Britain. He is the author of The Japanese Red Army: A Short History and Dissenting Japan: A History of Japanese Radicalism and Counterculture, from 1945 to Fukushima. His translations in the visual and performing arts have been widely published.

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Ailin Zhou is a PhD candidate in Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include transnational socialist film and media, Chinese film history, Asian diasporic visual culture, contemporary art, and feminist and queer theories.
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