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Samurai Rebellion (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]
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Genre | Action & Adventure |
Format | Multiple Formats, Subtitled, NTSC, Black & White, Widescreen |
Contributor | Takeshi Kat, Tatsuo Matsumura, Yko Tsukasa, Michiko Otsuka, Isao Yamagata, Shigeru Kyama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsuko Ichihara, Masao Mishima, Jun Hamamura, Shinobu Hashimoto, Yasuhiko Takiguchi, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Toshir Mifune, Masaki Kobayashi See more |
Language | Japanese |
Runtime | 2 hours and 8 minutes |
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Product Description
Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo, 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. Direction: Masaki Kobayashi Actors: Etsuko Ichihara, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa Special Features:2.35:1, Anamorphic16x9, Widescreen format. Year: 1967 Runtime: 121 minutes.
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.57 x 5.26 x 7.52 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : CRRNSAM170DVD
- Director : Masaki Kobayashi
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Subtitled, NTSC, Black & White, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 8 minutes
- Release date : October 4, 2005
- Actors : Toshir Mifune, Yko Tsukasa, Takeshi Kat, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Studio : Criterion Collection
- ASIN : B000AQKUD6
- Writers : Shinobu Hashimoto, Yasuhiko Takiguchi
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,562 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #11 in Foreign Films (Movies & TV)
- #875 in Action & Adventure DVDs
- #1,278 in Drama DVDs
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Toshiro Mifune plays Isaburo Sasahara. Lord of a house and considered one of the best swordsmen around. Looking towards retirement, he is ordered to take in the clan lords mistress and marry her off to Sasahara’s son. The two actually fall in love. Something which surprises Sasahara and his wife. Things are looking up until the lord decides he wants her back.
It is decided to refuse the request. Isaburo admits to admiring the love between them; something he did not have in his marriage. The refusal is a dangerous choice as it could end up with the destruction of his family and relatives. As expected; it is not received well. A series of threats, demands, offers follow and they are all refused. Of course there is a final showdown.
Do not expect armies fighting as the title would suggest. There are sword fights and even a dual with one who is considered Isaburo’s equal. It was odd watching that. Two men about to fight to the death and taking time to make sure a baby is secure and fed. Isaburo is even warned not to take the baby to a set of houses as there are venomous men waiting. It was an honorable fight and his opponent was simply doing his duty. Isaburo was actually sad.
The ending is of course a Japanese ending. Not the typical American happy endings.
The DVD is a cleaned up version of the original film. There is even a short interview with the director who seems to have ignored such requests for decades. He talks about Mifune and tells a funny little story about working with him.
I like this film and have watched it a couple times.
Set in the mid-1720s, well into the 250-year Tokugawa shogunate era of peace, the story develops in the domain of an aging daimyo, or warlord. The daimyo takes a beautiful young mistress named Ichi who, upon returning to the castle one day discovers she has a rival. Ichi lets loose on the rival, beating her up - and later expresses her displeasure by repeatedly slapping the daimyo in the face. Rather than have her killed for this affront (the two have had a child together), the daimyo orders that she be married off to the son of one of his vassals, a young samurai named Yogoro. At first Yogoro's parents are offended by the daimyo's abuse of power in making this demand. But the daimyo's steward makes it clear that the family must obey, which they do.
Happily Yogoro and Ichi fall in love and produce a child, and the father (played by the great Toshiro Mifune) comes to admire and love his new daughter-in-law. But just as Ichi begins to feel herself an integral part of her new family, the daimyo decides he wants her back with him at the castle. Orders come from on high, and Yogoro and his father must decide whether to obey - or stand on principle and love. To find out what happens next, see the film. But here's a small hint: there's good reason this film was released in the late 1960s rather than much earlier.
One reason I like these period pieces so much is that they allow us to visualize history. Here you get a few tantalizing glimpses of beautiful Kano School scrolls and screens. You also see the shoguns' famous control over travel from one domain to another. A border gate at the boundary of adjacent domains plays an important role in the story's ending. I highly recommend this film.
The film runs 2 hours.
I guess the thing that gets me is that there weren't examples of the parents being parents, just a lot of talk about how social convention in 1700s Japan was challenged. No examples of how these two philosophies collide against one another. As such you have a very Noh like presentation of the politics for much of the film, and some classic samurai sword play towards the end.
It's an exceptionally well staged film in terms of shot composition and design, and the acting is typical A-grade as can be expected from the Japanese samurai genre, but the story was a bit confining, and could have been a bit more open. That, and for all of the noire lensing, one can't help but think that a color version with some more shots of the parents being parents, would make for a stronger film. At least I think so.
As it stands now this is a decent film, but is a bit static at times in order to emphasize the drama and stern conviction of the characters.
Check it out if you're into high drama in samurai films.
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un pure chef d'œuvre dans des décors à couper le souffle ; on ne peut malheureusement pas en extraire des images ...
l'architecture est splendide. (je pense l'avoir déjà commenté ! mais je viens de le racheter car je l'ai prêté et on ne me l'a toujours pas rendu !