Movie
Samurai Rebellion
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1967-05-27
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TOHO, Mifune Productions
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Isaburo Sasahara
- Yōko Tsukasa as Ichi Sasahara
- Gō Katō as Yogoro Sasahara
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Bunzo Sasahara
- Etsuko Ichihara as Kiku
- Isao Yamagata as Shobei Tsuchiya
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Tatewaki Asano
- Shigeru Kōyama as Geki Takahashi
- Michiko Otsuka as Suga Sasahara
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Lord Masakata Matsudaira
- Masao Mishima as Sanzaemon Yanase
- Jun Hamamura as Hyoemon Shiomi
Crew
- Masaki Kobayashi - Director
- Shinobu Hashimoto - Screenplay
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