“Adachi Masao e no 20 shitsumon” [20 Questions for Adachi Masao]

Abstract

These are questions that Aaron Gerow and A. M. Nornes drafted for Adachi Masao, as he underwent extradition hearings in a Lebanese prison. The questions were relayed to him by a friend. He answered them in English, but the prison officials refused to release the response. So Eiga Geijutsu's editors made the unusual move of publishing only the questions. He answered them a second time from Japanese prison and these were published in two separate issues: “Adachi Masao e no 20 shitsumon e no kaitô—1,” [Adachi Masao’s Reply to His 20 Questions—Part 1], cowritten with Aaron Gerow, Eiga Geijutsu 395 (Spring 2001): 126-130. “Adachi Masao e no 20 shitsumon e no kaitô—2,” [Adachi Masao’s Reply to His 20 Questions—Part 2], cowritten with Aaron Gerow, Eiga Geijutsu 396 (Summer 2001): 174-180.