Coup d'État (1973 film) explained

Coup d'État

Native Name:

Kanji:	戒厳令
Revhep:	Kaigenrei

Director:

Yoshishige Yoshida

Starring:

Rentarō Mikuni

Music:

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Cinematography:

Motokichi Hasegawa

Runtime:

110 minutes

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

, also titled Martial Law, is a 1973 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. 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.^[1] It is the third film in a loose trilogy, preceded by Eros + Massacre (1969) and Heroic Purgatory (1970).^[2] ^[3]

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.^[4]

Legacy

Coup d'État was screened at the Harvard Film Archive in 2009^[5] as part of a retrospective on Yoshida's work.

External links

- Web site: COUP d'ETAT BY KIJU YOSHIDA . desistfilm . 1 October 2012 . 16 July 2023.

Notes and References

Book: Jacoby, Alexander. A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. 2008. Stone Bridge Press. Berkeley. 978-1-933330-53-2. 364.
Book: Desser, David . Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema . Indiana University Press . 1988 . 73.
Web site: Wilkins . Budd . Review: Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism on Arrow Video Blu-ray . Slant Magazine . 30 March 2017 . 16 July 2023.
Web site: List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Japanese. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 2008-06-22.
Web site: Coup d'etat . Harvard Film Archive . 15 July 2023.