Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)

Original title

226

Directed by

Hideo Gosha

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 54m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1989 Japanese film dramatizes the 1936 February 26 military coup attempt in Tokyo. It follows the officers and soldiers involved during a severe blizzard, focusing on the events as they unfold.

tensehistoricaldramaticsoberingvisceralstormyintenseserious

What happens

《二二六》為1989年日本出品電影，描述1936年2月26日日本東京數十年僅見暴風雪夜爆發軍事政變事件始末，五社英雄執導，荻原健一、三浦友和、竹中直人主演，片長115分鐘；電影配樂為東京愛樂交響樂團演奏；電影上映後，導致正反兩面劇烈爭議，也可再次欣賞五社英雄導演“感情渲染，愛恨交加”執導風格。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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