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Coup d'État
Japanese name
Kanji	戒厳令
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Kaigenrei
Directed by	Yoshishige Yoshida
Written by	Minoru Betsuyaku
Produced by	Mariko Okada Takashi Ueno Kinshiro Kuzui
Starring	Rentarō Mikuni
Cinematography	Motokichi Hasegawa
Music by	Toshi Ichiyanagi
Production companies	Gendai Eigasha Art Theatre Guild
Release date	7 July 1973 (1973-07-07) (Japan)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Coup d'État (戒厳令, Kaigenrei), 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. It is the third film in a loose trilogy, preceded by Eros + Massacre (1969) and Heroic Purgatory (1970).

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.

Legacy

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

See also

• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. ^ "戒厳令". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
2. ^ "戒厳令(1973・日本)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
3. Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
4. Desser, David (1988). Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 73.
5. Wilkins, Budd (30 March 2017). "Review: Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism on Arrow Video Blu-ray". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
6. "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
7. "Coup d'etat". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

External links

• Coup d'État at IMDb
• "COUP d'ETAT BY KIJU YOSHIDA". desistfilm. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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