Coup d'État (1973 film)
1973 Japanese film
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Coup d'État (Japanese: 戒厳令, Hepburn: Kaigenrei), also titled Martial Law, is a 1973 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida.[1][2] It is based on the life of nationalist intellectual Ikki Kita and an account of the attempted overthrow of the Japanese government by a group of army officers on 26 February 1936.[3] It is the third film in a loose trilogy, preceded by Eros + Massacre (1969) and Heroic Purgatory (1970).[4][5]
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| Kanji | 戒厳令 | ||||
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| Directed by | Yoshishige Yoshida | ||||
| Written by | Minoru Betsuyaku | ||||
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| Starring | Rentarō Mikuni | ||||
| Cinematography | Motokichi Hasegawa | ||||
| Music by | Toshi Ichiyanagi | ||||
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Running time | 110 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Cast
- Rentarō Mikuni as Kazuki Kitamura
- 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
Background
Coup d'État was Japan's submission to the 46th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[6]
Legacy
Coup d'État was screened at the Harvard Film Archive in 2009[7] as part of a retrospective on Yoshida's work.
