Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)
Original title: 上意討ち 拝領妻始末
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion is a 2013 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Meiji Fujita, with a running time of 2h 13m. It stars Masakazu Tamura, Yukie Nakama and Naoto Ogata.
In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his lord’s commands. This is the tragic story of one such loyal samurai, whose love for his family forced him to make the ultimate choice of disobeying the wishes of his lord.
Cast
- Masakazu Tamura as Isaburo Sasahara
- Yukie Nakama as Ichi Sasahara
- Naoto Ogata as Yogoro Sasahara
- Yukiya Kitamura as Takahashi
- Tomoko Tabata as Tatewaki Asano
- Hideo Ishiguro as Bunzo Sasahara
- Isao Hashizume as Sanzaemon Yanase
- Ren Osugi as Tadashi Matsudaira
- Mariko Fuji as Mother of Joji Sano Kasai
- Takashi Sasano as Kotani Shobe
- Masahiko Tsugawa as Kenmotsu Sasahara
- Meiko Kaji as Suga Sasahara