Sanchû Uprising: Voices at Dawn

Sanchû Uprising: Voices at Dawn

2015/02/22 • Released • Japanese

Drama
5.0
1h 57m

Overview

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.

Director : Juichiro Yamasaki

Casts

Naohisa Nakagaki

Kano Kajiwara

Shoichi Honda

Shoichi Honda

Yohta Kawase

Yohta Kawase

Hotaru

Maki Nishiyama

Maki Nishiyama

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