Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu
In the end, we had no choice but to have it this way. We just took a roundabout path.
128 min
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.
- Release date
- May 27, 1967
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Tôru Takemitsu
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Isaburo Sasahara
- Yôko Tsukasa as Ichi Sasahara
- Gô Katô as Yogoro Sasahara
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Bunzo Sasahara
- Etsuko Ichihara as Kiku
- Isao Yamagata as Shobei Tsuchiya
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Tatewaki Asano
- Shigeru Kôyama as Geki Takahashi
- Michiko Ôtsuka as Suga Sasahara
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Lord Masakata Matsudaira
- Masao Mishima as Sanzaemon Yanase
- Jun Hamamura as Hyoemon Shiomi
- Takamaru Sasaki as Kenmotsu Sasahara
- Hideo Fukuhara as Sahei
- Tetsuko Kobayashi as Otama
- Hisano Yamaoka as Sannojo Kasai's mother (uncredited)
- Yoshirō Aoki as Takazo Komiya (uncredited)
Crew
- Masaki Kobayashi · Director
- Shinobu Hashimoto · Writer
- Yasuhiko Takiguchi · Writer
- Toshirō Mifune · Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka · Producer
- Tôru Takemitsu · Composer
- Kazuo Yamada · Cinematographer
- Hisashi Sagara · Editor
- Yoshirô Muraki · Production designer