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.

Naoto Ogata

Sadajiro

Hiromi Iwasaki

Kayo

Arata Furuta

Kishiro

Gin Maeda

Kei Yamamoto

Saburo Shinoda

Michiko Hayashi

Tatsu

Tomoe Hiiro

Tsuru

Atsuko Sudo

Haru

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Sei Hiraizumi

Ben Hiura

Shirô Namiki

Choei Takahashi

Taketoshi Naitō

Toshinori Omi

• Seijiro KoyamaScreenplay · Director · Executive Producer
• Nobuyo KatoScreenplay
• Hiroshi HiranoProducer
• Masao NagaiProducer
• Yoshiyuki SakamotoExecutive Producer
• Yutaka DaichiExecutive Producer
• Fuminori MinamiDirector of Photography
• Kiyoaki SaitōEditor

Release date

December 23, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama