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Coup d'Etat
Coup d'Etat

Coup d'Etat

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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

6.35/10

Release Date

07 July 1973

Country

Japan

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Ikki Kita

Yasuyo Matsumura

Yasuyo Matsumura

Suzu

Yasuo Miyake

Yasuo Miyake

Soldier

Akiko Kurano

Akiko Kurano

Soldier's wife

Tadahiko Sugano

Tadahiko Sugano

Nishida Mitsugi

Kei Iinuma

Kei Iinuma

Iwasa

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Army officer

Masao Imafuku

Masao Imafuku

Wounded soldier

Kazunaga Tsuji

Kazunaga Tsuji

Heigo Asahi

Masako Yagi

Masako Yagi

Heigo's sister

Hatsuo Ito

Hatsuo Ito

Shintarō Nanjō

Shintarō Nanjō

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

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