
Coup d'Etat
Drama · History
Overview
A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
Top Cast


Rentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni
Ikki Kita
Rentaro Mikuni
Ikki Kita
Yasuyo Matsumura
Yasuyo Matsumura
Suzu
Yasuyo Matsumura
Suzu
Yasuo Miyake
Yasuo Miyake
Soldier
Yasuo Miyake
Soldier


Akiko Kurano
Akiko Kurano
Soldier's wife
Akiko Kurano
Soldier's wife
Tadahiko Sugano
Tadahiko Sugano
Nishida Mitsugi
Tadahiko Sugano
Nishida Mitsugi


Kei Iinuma
Kei Iinuma
Iwasa
Kei Iinuma
Iwasa


Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō
Army officer
Taketoshi Naitō
Army officer


Masao Imafuku
Masao Imafuku
Wounded soldier
Masao Imafuku
Wounded soldier


Kazunaga Tsuji
Kazunaga Tsuji
Heigo Asahi
Kazunaga Tsuji
Heigo Asahi


Masako Yagi
Masako Yagi
Heigo's sister
Masako Yagi
Heigo's sister
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