Coup d'Etat (1973 film)

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]

Coup d'Etat
Japanese戒厳令
HepburnKaigenrei
Directed byYoshishige Yoshida
Written byMinoru Betsuyaku
Music byToshi Ichiyanagi
Hideo Kanze
Yuji Takahashi
Takehisa Kosugi
Production
company
Release date
  • June 7, 1973 (1973-06-07)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

Plot

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.

See also

References
  1. "戒厳令". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. https://desistfilm.com/coup-detat-kiju-yoshida-1973/
  3. https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/coup-detat-2009-03
  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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