DVD
Samurai rebellion = Jōi-uchi
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Toshirō Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Go Kato, Shigeru Koyama, Masao Mishima, Isao Yamagata.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Isaburo Sasahara is 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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Issued in collection: Rebel samurai: sixties swordplay classics.
Special features: excerpt from a 1993 interview with director Masaki Kobayashi ; original theatrical trailer.