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August Without Emperor
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August Without Emperor (皇帝のいない八月, literally "Kôtei no inai hachigatsu") is a 1978 Japanese political thriller film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto, based off a novel by Kyûzô Kobayashi.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The film, set in 198X, is about a potential coup by a group of Right-Wing Militia Fanatics who are plotting to overthrow the current prime minister (Osamu Takizawa) and replace him with their financier, Kozo Ohata (Shin Saburi), reinstate the Emperor as sovereign, and return Japan to its prewar constitution in order to return Japan to its militant past. However the coup is exposed thanks to the efforts of Toshikura (Etsushi Takahashi) of the Cabinet Research Office. Under his leadership, and with secret CIA assistance, the JSDF cleans house and arrests the conspirators, execpt for one cell under strategist Akimasa Fujisaki (Tsunehiko Watase), who hijack the Sakura sleeper train to Tokyo with a couple of bombs onboard. Travelling as a passenger is his estranged wife, Kyoko (Sayuri Yoshinaga), torn between her loyalties to her husband and her father, Tameichiro Emi, head of the JSDF's MP forces.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) | |
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The Cameo: Too many to count, but cameos of note include Tetsuro Tamba (of You Only Live Twice and G-Men '75) appears in a bit part as JSDF general, while Kiyoshi Atsumi appears as a train passenger who states that he hasn't gotten married yet. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: The coup is halted before it even begins, while the government decide to cut their losses and massacre the hostage-takers long with thousands of innocent people on the train. The surviving passengers who are in the hospital are going to be under public security surveillance as to make sure they don't reveal what really happened. | |
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Corrupt Politician | |
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Corrupt Politician: Kozo Ohta, the coup's mastermind is one. | |
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Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: Most of Akimasa and Kyoko's time on the train involves quiet flashbacks to before their separation where Akimasa's nationalism begins to rise. | |
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