Samurai Rebellion 1967  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Rebellion
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Tsuyoshi Kato, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Shigeru Koyama, Masao Mishima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsuko Ichihara, Isao Yamagata, Michiko Otsuka, Tatsuo Matsumura, Takamaru Sasaki, Jun Hamamura, Emi Yamada, Hideo Fukuhara
In 18th-century Japan, father Isaburo Sasahara (Toshiro Mifune) and son Yogoro (Tsuyoshi Kato) are samurais who rebel against the feudal system when local rulers tell Yogoro that he must give up his wife, Ichi (Yoko Tsukasa). After Yogoro and Isaburo decline to give up Ichi, they are ordered to kill themselves. They refuse to commit hara-kiri, and a fight to the death ensues.
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Seppuku 1962 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Harakiri
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Yoshio Inaba, Akira Ishihama, Masao Mishima, Tetsuro Tamba, Ichiro Nakaya, Yoshio Aoki, Jo Azumi
Suicide was considered an honorable solution in 17th-century Japan when the feudal Shogun system ended leaving many samurai warriors in poverty. One samurai, Motome Chijiiwa (Akira Ishihama), killed himself but lost honor. Now, his father-in-law, Hanshiro (Tatsuya Nakadai), seeks revenge.
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| 1. Samurai Rebellion (1967)
aka: Rebellion
2. Seppuku (1962)
aka: Harakiri
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