Sanchû Uprising: Voices at Dawn

02/22/2015

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1hr 57min

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Drama

STORY

1726, Sanchu, Okayama Prefecture: farmers negotiate with the feudal domain in order to seek exemption from rising taxes. Infighting leads to suppression by the samurai class, and the farmers band together for battle. It’s a moment of injustice, setting the stage for bravery and sacrifice. However those daring characters remain largely offscreen in Juichiro Yamasaki’s brilliant film. Instead, the cowardly protagonist Jihei (Naohisa Nakagaki) faces a crisis of the risks of rebellion and its aftermath that resonates with our contemporary moment. In this rare independent jidaigeki, Kenta Tawara’s beautiful digital B&W photography channels and refigures luminaries of classical Japanese cinema, boasting rapturous animated sequences by Tomomichi Nakamura and experimental score by Ayako Sasaki.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Naohisa Nakagaki
  • Kano Kajiwara
  • Shoichi Honda
  • Yohta Kawase
  • Hotaru

    Director

  • Juichiro Yamasaki

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

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