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Samurai Rebellion (Criterion Collection) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Nakadai Tatsuya (Actor) | Matsumura Tatsuo (Actor) | Kato Takeshi (Actor) | Kobayashi Masaki (Director)
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Samurai Rebellion (Criterion Collection) (US Version)

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Set in 18th-century Japan, during the reign of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Samurai Rebellion stars Toshirô Mifune as Isaburo Sasahara, swordsman and official at the court of Lord Matsudaira (Tatsuo Matsumura). Ichi (Yôko Tsukasa), a mistress of the lord, has been banished for striking her master for taking a new mistress. Matsudaira orders Isaburo's son, Yogoro (Takeshi Kato), to marry her, since she is still the mother of one of his offspring. Isaburo, deeply unhappy in his own marriage, accepts the order only with great reluctance. However Ichi proves to be a wonderful wife, and the marriage is a happy one. All is well for a couple of years, until Matsudaira's son dies, and he orders Ichi to return to the castle, since he has no offspring other than the daughter she has borne him. Isaburo urges the young couple to resist the lord's fiat, and he and Yogoro openly refuse Matsudaira's command that they commit harakiri. Mifune is tremendous as the proud Isaburo in Kobayashi's exposure of the innate injustice of Japan's feudal society. The film's severe, formal beauty is complemented by Takemitsu's score, which draws on the colorful sounds of traditional Japanese instruments.
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Product Title: Samurai Rebellion (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Samurai Rebellion (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Samurai Rebellion (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Samurai Rebellion (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Samurai Rebellion (Criterion Collection) (US Version)
Also known as: Rebellion Rebellion Rebellion Rebellion Rebellion
Artist Name(s): Nakadai Tatsuya (Actor) | Matsumura Tatsuo (Actor) | Kato Takeshi (Actor) | Toshirô Mifune 仲代 達矢 (Actor) | 松村達雄 達雄 (Actor) | Kato Takeshi (Actor) | Toshirô Mifune 仲代 达矢 (Actor) | 松村 达雄 (Actor) | Kato Takeshi (Actor) | Toshirô Mifune 仲代達矢 (Actor) | 松村 達雄 (Actor) | 加藤武 (Actor) | Toshirô Mifune Nakadai Tatsuya (Actor) | Matsumura Tatsuo (Actor) | Kato Takeshi (Actor) | Toshirô Mifune
Director: Kobayashi Masaki 小林正樹 小林正树 小林正樹 Kobayashi Masaki
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Release Date: 2005-10-18
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Color Information: Black & White
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating: Not Rated
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Package Weight: 104 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004414764

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Director: Masaki Kobayashi

DVD Features:
Notes: New, restored high-definition digital transfer with new and improved English subtitle translation.

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
Interview - 1. Excerpt From 1993 Interview with director Masaki Kobayashi
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer3
Text/Photo Galleries:
Essay by Japanese film historian Donald Richie

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