Riot in Gujo
Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of the biggest three riots in the Edo Period as it took almost 5 years to settle and also involved the Edo government. This movie is a period film about the riot and Gujo farmers fighting for their tenacity of purpose. The farmers had suffered enough from heavy taxes and decided to rise up in riot when the domain lord, Yorikane, issued a new act, which practically forced tax increases. Asking the lord to retract the act, they pour down to the Hachiman Castle. For once they attain the repeal deed signed by the chief retainer. However the promise is broken. Now the farmers decide to make a direct plea to the Edo Residence…This film is full tension and breathless moments.
Year: 2000
Genre: Drama
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Director: Seijirō Kōyama
Cast: Naoto Ogata, Hiromi Iwasaki, Arata Furuta, Gin Maeda, Kei Yamamoto, Saburo Shinoda
Crew: Yoshiyuki Sakamoto (Executive Producer), Hiroshi Hirano (Producer), Masao Nagai (Producer), Akira Haruki (Art Direction), Yutaka Daichi (Executive Producer), Fuminori Minami (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 112 minutes
Release: Dec 23, 2000
IMDb: 5.00/10 by 2 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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