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Coup d'Etat
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Coup d'Etat

1973-07-07 · 110 min · ★ 6.5

Drama · History

A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.

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Directors
Yoshishige Yoshida
Production companies
Art Theatre Guild, Gendai Eigasha
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Rentaro MikuniRentaro MikuniIkki Kita
Yasuyo MatsumuraSuzu
Yasuo MiyakeSoldier
Akiko KuranoAkiko KuranoSoldier's wife
Tadahiko SuganoNishida Mitsugi
Kei IinumaKei IinumaIwasa
Taketoshi NaitōTaketoshi NaitōArmy officer
Masao ImafukuMasao ImafukuWounded soldier
Kazunaga TsujiKazunaga TsujiHeigo Asahi
Masako YagiMasako YagiHeigo's sister
Hatsuo Ito
Shintarō Nanjō
Kanae KobayashiKanae Kobayashi

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