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The Kiyosu Conference

2013 · 135 min

A talky, wryly funny chamber piece where scheming warlords bicker like office politicians, making history feel like a witty workplace comedy.

Directed by
Koki Mitani
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Fumiyo Kohinata, Koji Yakusho, Yo Oizumi
Overview
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.

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Directed by
Koki Mitani
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Fumiyo Kohinata, Koji Yakusho, Yo Oizumi
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • politics
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Fumiyo Kohinata, Koji Yakusho, Yo Oizumi, Kyoka Suzuki, Koichi Sato, Eisuke Sasai, Yusuke Iseya, Miki Nakatani
Music
Kiyoko Ogino
Cinematography
Hideo Yamamoto
Runtime
135 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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