Samurai Rebellion (1967)

Original title

上意討ち 拝領妻始末

Directed by

Masaki Kobayashi

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 269 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A samurai is ordered to accept a woman into his son's marriage. When the order is later retracted, he refuses to comply, setting off a conflict with his clan's leadership.

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What happens

Samurai Rebellion (Japanese: 上意討ち 拝領妻始末, Hepburn: Jōi-uchi: Hairyō zuma shimatsu) is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The film is based on a short story of the same name by Yasuhiko Takiguchi. Its screenplay was written by Shinobu Hashimoto. Film historian Donald Richie suggests an approximate translation for its original Japanese title: Rebellion: Receive the Wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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