Coup d'etat (1973 film)

Coup d'Etat
Japanese 戒厳令
Hepburn Kaigenrei
Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
Written by Minoru Betsuyaku
Music by Toshi Ichiyanagi Hideo Kanze Yuji Takahashi Takehisa Kosugi
Production
company
Release date
  • June 7, 1973 (1973-06-07)
Running time
 110 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Coup d'Etat aka Martial Law (戒厳令, Kaigenrei) is a 1973 Japanese film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. It was Japan's submission to the 46th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but it was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2]

Cast

  • Rentarō Mikuni as Kazuki Kitamura / Ikki Kita
  • Yasuyo Matsumura as Suzu, Kazuki's wife
  • Yasuo Miyake as Young soldier
  • Akiko Kurano as Soldier's wife
  • Tadahiko Sugano as Nishida
  • Taketoshi Naitō as Army officer
  • Kei Iinuma as Iwasa
  • Kazunaga Tsuji as Heigo Asahi
  • Masako Yagi as Heigo's sister

Plot

The film is an account of the attempted overthrow of the Japanese government by the army on February 26, 1936.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  2. ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ↑ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.


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