Revolution+1

REVOLUTION+1 Theatrical release poster Country 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 (stylized as REVOLUTION+1) is a 2022 Japanese semi-biographical drama film based on the life of former JMSDF officer Tetsuya Yamagami, who assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade firearm in 2022. The film stars Soran Tamoto as Tatsuya Kawakami (a fictionalized version of Yamagami) serving life imprisonment for assassinating former prime minister Abe. The film recounts his past through flashbacks as it examines his motivations for assassinating the former prime minister. The film was directed by former terrorist and filmmaker Masao Adachi and started being filmed at the end of August 2022, almost two months after Abe was assassinated.

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 for doing so such as claiming that the film glorifies terrorism. The film's director has refuted these accusations, claiming that the film is intended to be an unbiased examination of Yamagami's life and mental health (though he has gone on record to express his support of Yamagami's action and his distaste for Abe's political career). The final, full version of the film premiered in December of the same year, with limited international screenings following in 2023.

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.

A close-up of the zip gun.

Tatsuya Kawakami (Soran Tamoto) holding the gun after firing it.

Behind-the-scenes image of Soran Tamoto, Futa Muraki and director Masao Adachi with multiple copies of the gun.

Promotional image of Soran Tamoto aiming the completed gun. Pictures of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon as well as his widow and current sitting leader of the Church Hak Ja Han are visible on the walls behind him. Pictures of former Japanese Prime Minister and maternal grandfather of Shinzo Abe, Nobusuke Kishi are also visible (a picture of a young Abe with Kishi can be seen).

Promotional image of Soran Tamoto aiming the gun.