Samurai Rebellion backdrop
Samurai Rebellion
TMDB Letterboxd IMDb

Samurai Rebellion 1967 Directed by Masaki Kobayashi 上意討ち 拝領妻始末

In the end, we had no choice but to have it this way. We just took a roundabout path.

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Action , Drama , History
Production Companies TOHO , Mifune Productions
Release Date 27 May 1967
121 mins
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune Isaburo Sasahara
Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa Ichi Sasahara
Gō Katō
Gō Katō Yogoro Sasahara
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Tatsuyoshi Ehara Bunzo Sasahara
Etsuko Ichihara
Etsuko Ichihara Kiku
Isao Yamagata
Isao Yamagata Shobei Tsuchiya
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Tatewaki Asano
Shigeru Kōyama
Shigeru Kōyama Geki Takahashi
Michiko Ōtsuka
Michiko Ōtsuka Suga Sasahara
Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura Lord Masakata Matsudaira
Masao Mishima
Masao Mishima Sanzaemon Yanase
Jun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura Hyoemon Shiomi
Takamaru Sasaki
Takamaru Sasaki Kenmotsu Sasahara
Hideo Fukuhara
Hideo Fukuhara Sahei
Tetsuko Kobayashi
Tetsuko Kobayashi Otama
Hisano Yamaoka
Hisano Yamaoka Sannojo Kasai's mother (uncredited)
Yoshirō Aoki
Yoshirō Aoki Takazo Komiya (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi
Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto
Shinobu Hashimoto
Producers
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Cinematography
Kazuo Yamada
Kazuo Yamada
Composer
Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu
Editor
Hisashi Sagara
Hisashi Sagara
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki
Sound
Shigenosuke Okuyama
Shigenosuke Okuyama
Original Writer
Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Yasuhiko Takiguchi