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'''''REVOLUTION+1''''' is a 2022 Japanese semi-biographical drama film based on the 2022 assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. The film stars Soran Tamoto as Tatsuya Kawakami (a fictionalized version of Abe's killer, Tetsuya Yamagami), a former Japanese navy officer serving life imprisonment for murdering former prime minister Abe. The film recounts his past through flashbacks as it examines his motivations for assassinating Abe. The film was directed by former domestic terrorist and filmmaker Masao Adachi and started being filmed at the end of August 2022, almost two months after Abe was fatally wounded with a homemade gun while delivering a public speech.
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'''''REVOLUTION+1''''' is a 2022 Japanese semi-biographical drama film based on the 2022 assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. The film stars Soran Tamoto as Tatsuya Kawakami (a fictionalized version of Abe's killer, Tetsuya Yamagami), a former JMSDF officer serving life imprisonment for murdering former prime minister Abe. The film recounts his past through flashbacks as it examines his motivations for assassinating Abe. The film was directed by former domestic terrorist and filmmaker Masao Adachi and started being filmed at the end of August 2022, almost two months after Abe was fatally wounded with a homemade gun while delivering a public speech.
  
 
A special unfinished cut of the film was released to select Japanese theaters in September 2022, on the week of Abe's official state funeral. Multiple theaters cancelled their screenings of the unfinished cut, citing multiple reasons such as claiming that the film glorifies Yamagami's actions. The film's director has refuted these accusations, claiming that the film does not justify his actions at all and is intended to be an examination of his mental state and history. The final, full version of the film premiered in December of the same year.
 
A special unfinished cut of the film was released to select Japanese theaters in September 2022, on the week of Abe's official state funeral. Multiple theaters cancelled their screenings of the unfinished cut, citing multiple reasons such as claiming that the film glorifies Yamagami's actions. The film's director has refuted these accusations, claiming that the film does not justify his actions at all and is intended to be an examination of his mental state and history. The final, full version of the film premiered in December of the same year.

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REVOLUTION+1
RevoPoster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Country Japan.jpg Japan
Directed by Masao Adachi
Release Date 2022 (Japan)
2023 (worldwide, limited)
Language Japanese
Studio Loft Project
Main Cast
Character Actor
Tatsuya Kawakami Soran Tamoto
Tatsuya's Mother Satoko Iwasaki
Tatsuya's Sister Ria Maesako
Tatsuya's Brother Futa Muraki


REVOLUTION+1 is a 2022 Japanese semi-biographical drama film based on the 2022 assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. The film stars Soran Tamoto as Tatsuya Kawakami (a fictionalized version of Abe's killer, Tetsuya Yamagami), a former JMSDF officer serving life imprisonment for murdering former prime minister Abe. The film recounts his past through flashbacks as it examines his motivations for assassinating Abe. The film was directed by former domestic terrorist and filmmaker Masao Adachi and started being filmed at the end of August 2022, almost two months after Abe was fatally wounded with a homemade gun while delivering a public speech.

A special unfinished cut of the film was released to select Japanese theaters in September 2022, on the week of Abe's official state funeral. Multiple theaters cancelled their screenings of the unfinished cut, citing multiple reasons such as claiming that the film glorifies Yamagami's actions. The film's director has refuted these accusations, claiming that the film does not justify his actions at all and is intended to be an examination of his mental state and history. The final, full version of the film premiered in December of the same year.


The following weapons were used in the film Revolution+1:


Zip Gun

A Zip Gun is used by Tatsuya Kawakami (Soran Tamoto) to fatally wound former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. The prop firearm used in the movie is modeled after the actual zip gun used by Tetsuya Yamagami in the assassination.

News image of Tetsuya Yamagami being apprehended by one of Shinzo Abe's bodyguards right after the shooting. Yamagami can be seen dropping the zip gun.
Tatsuya Kawakami (Soran Tamoto) holding the gun after firing it.
Promotional image of Soran Tamoto aiming the completed gun.
Promotional image of Soran Tamoto aiming the gun.

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