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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
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 (1973-06-07)
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

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

• List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

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

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