Rebellion

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sean O. @seandaddy0 Jan 24 Mifune and Nakadai in a classic See more Andrew G @MrJinx 07/06/2025 One of the all-time great films, and as good as any film by the Japanese masters. It's a slow burn fantastically acted movie about rules, tradition, honour, family and justice that is gripping from begining to end, but never quite goes where you expect it. It is very emotional and unforgettable with one of Toshiro Mifune's best performances. See more MariofanAlex445 T @RT47678067 06/28/2024 This film has a fantastic story, and a lot of great shots. Unfortunately though that doesn’t save it from being somewhat boring, when you watch a samurai movie you expect to see a lot of action. I know there is other intimate slow samurai flicks like the original 47 Ronin, but I feel the same way about that one too. Good movie but could have been better if there was more fighting. This story is kinda a Romeo and Juliet story too, so 4.5/5 stars. See more Dani G @RT81139271 02/16/2024 An intense samurai drama in the most typical fashion of Kobayashi, with two of the biggest japanese classic stars in Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai See more Lars N @movie_douche 11/28/2023 Crazy pretty, heartfelt and flat out cool AF. See more Nawt W @RT94004908 10/10/2022 A very grim Kobayashi movie about defiance. Once again plucking on his country's obsession for rituals, rules, and hierarchy, he masterfully showcases the lowest of the low, the "cruelest form of tyranny," where duty and honor are somehow supposed to triumph over humanity and simple emotions.  It's all great. The cinematography makes a movie that 3/4 consists of interiors seem very lustrous and refreshing; the direction; the Japanese ambient; the characters.  Mifune and Nakadai are incredible as always. Even if Nakadai is a little bit underutilized for my liking.  Mifune's role is, by and large, the most fascinating part of the film. He is a father who projects his own unhappiness and life regrets over his son, nudging him to not betray his integrity and feelings even when he knows that he is definitely dooming his family. In the end, he sees this rebellion as a better sum total than just shuffling around the house lamenting his life choices and the lord chasing his family into the corner and stripping them of any dignity for no other reason but feudal optics. See more Read all reviews

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