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Samurai Rebellion
Why this pick
Kobayashi again turns a samurai household into a precise, escalating indictment of feudal authority, with moral resolve and family feeling carrying the tension.
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MOVIE1962 2h 15m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Edo, 1630. Tsugumo Hanshirō arrives at the estate of the Ii clan and says that he wishes to commit seppuku within the courtyard of the palace. To deter him Saitō Kageyu (Rentarō Mikuni), the Daimyō's senior counselor, tells Hanshirō the story of another rōnin, Chijiiwa Motome – formerly of the same clan as Hanshirō.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Akiji Kobayashi
Ii Clan Retainer
Tetsurō Tamba
Hikokuro Omodaka
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanshirô Tsugumo
Rentaro Mikuni
Kageyu Saito
Shima Iwashita
Miho Tsugumo