Post Description

Japan
Drama
130 minuten

geregisseerd door Masaki Kobayashi
met Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa en Tatsuya Nakadai

In 1725, raakt samurai Isaburo getergd, als zijn zoon dient te trouwen met de minnares van zijn leider. Isaburo wil dit niet toestaan, maar zijn zoon accepteert het en hij en de vrouw, Ichi, worden verliefd. Wanneer echter de zoon van de leider sterft dient Ichi terug te keren aan de zijde van de leider, en Isaburo die zich net had verzoend met de situatie ontsteekt opnieuw in woede.

JOI-UCHI: HAIRYO TSUMA SHIMATSU (1967)

AKAs:
Rebellion: Receive the Wife (literal English title)
Samurai Rebellion 

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Criterion Collection # 310

DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005

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Director: Masaki Kobayashi

Description:
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.

READ:
Samurai Rebellion: Kobayashi's Rebellion
by Donald Richie
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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.43 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 121 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Japanese DD1.0 Mono

Subtitles: optional English


DISC FEATURES:

# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Excerpt from a 1993 interview with director Masaki Kobayashi.
# Original theatrical trailer.
# New essay by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.


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