“Escape”: Director Adachi Masao on His Film About a Leftist Who Spent Decades on the Run

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A wanted poster of Kirishima Satoshi, left. (© Escape Production Committee 2025)

Actor Furutachi Kanji plays the part of Kirishima from middle age on. (© Escape Production Committee 2025)

Kirishima made his living as a day laborer. (© Escape Production Committee 2025)

Adachi Masao talks about Escape. (© Hanai Tomoko)

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