Coup d'Etat (1973 film)

Coup d'Etat
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	Art Theatre Guild
Release date	June 7, 1973;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Coup d'Etat a.k.a. Martial Law (戒厳令, Kaigenrei) is a 1973 Japanese film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida.^[1] It is based on the life of Ikki Kita.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

Cast[]

Rentarō Mikuni as Kazuki Kitamura
as Suzu, Kazuki's wife
as Young soldier
as Soldier's wife
as Nishida
Taketoshi Naitō as Army officer
as Iwasa
as Heigo Asahi
as Heigo's sister

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The film is an account of the attempted overthrow of the Japanese government by the army on February 26, 1936.^[6] It is based on the life of the ultranationalist intellectual Ikki Kita.

References[]

^ "戒厳令". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ https://desistfilm.com/coup-detat-kiju-yoshida-1973/
^ https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/coup-detat-2009-03
^ "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.
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.

External links[]

Kaigenrei at IMDb
戒厳令 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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[1] "戒厳令". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

[2] ttps://desistfilm.com/coup-detat-kiju-yoshida-1973/

[3] ttps://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/coup-detat-2009-03

[SubmissionList-4] "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.

[5] Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

[6] 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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Coup d'Etat (1973 film)

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