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Coup d'Etat

Coup d'Etat

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Coup d'Etat

1973

1h 50m

6.5(22 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

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

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Production Companies

Art Theatre Guild

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Cast & Crew

13 members

Acting

三国連太郎

Ikki Kita

三国連太郎

Acting

松村康世

Suzu

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Acting

Yasuo Miyake

Soldier

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Acting

Akiko Kurano

Soldier's wife

Akiko Kurano

Acting

Tadahiko Sugano

Nishida Mitsugi

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Acting

飯沼慧

Iwasa

飯沼慧

Acting

内藤武敏

Army officer

内藤武敏

Acting

今福将雄

Wounded soldier

今福将雄

Acting

辻萬長

Heigo Asahi

辻萬長

Acting

八木昌子

Heigo's sister

八木昌子

Acting

伊藤初雄

Unknown Role

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南條新太郎

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

小林加奈枝

Unknown Role

小林加奈枝

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