Sanchû Uprising: Voices at DawnMovie
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.
About Sanchû Uprising: Voices at Dawn
Sanchû Uprising: Voices at Dawn is a 2015 drama movie directed by Juichiro Yamasaki.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 57m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Naohisa Nakagaki, Kano Kajiwara, Shoichi Honda, Yohta Kawase. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
