SAMURAI REBELLION

Details

• Release Year: 1967
• Genre: Action; Martial Arts
• Plot: Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo Sasahara, an aging swordsman living a quiet life until his clan lord orders that his son marry the lord’s mistress, who has recently displeased the ruler. Reluctantly, father and son take in the woman, and, to the family’s surprise, the young couple fall in love. But the lord soon reverses his decision and demands the mistress’s return. Against all expectations, Isaburo and his son refuse, risking the destruction of their entire family. Director Masaki Kobayashi’s Samurai Rebellion is the gripping story of a peaceful man who finally decides to take a stand against injustice.
• Cast: Toshirô Mifune; Yôko Tsukasa; Takeshi Katô; Tatsuyoshi Ehara; Etsuko Ichihara; Isao Yamagata; Tatsuya Nakadai; Shigeru Kôyama; Michiko Otsuka; Tatsuo Matsumura; Masao Mishima; Jun Hamamura; Emi Yamada; Takamaru Sasaki; Hideo Fukuhara; Noriko Kawajiri; Tetsuko Kobayashi; Hisama Yamaoka; Tomoko Hito; Yoshio Aoki; Masaki Kobayashi; Shinobu Hashimoto; Yasuhiko Takiguchi
• Director: Masaki Kobayashi
• Runtime: 2:01
• Company: Mifune Productions Co. Ltd., Toho Company, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie