Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Meiji FujitaDirector
• Takashi KakoOriginal Music Composer
• Shinobu HashimotoScreenplay

Cast

• Masakazu TamuraIsaburo Sasahara
• Yukie NakamaIchi Sasahara
• Naoto OgataYogoro Sasahara
• Yukiya KitamuraTakahashi
• Tomoko TabataTatewaki Asano
• Hideo IshiguroBunzo Sasahara
• Isao HashizumeSanzaemon Yanase
• Ren OsugiTadashi Matsudaira
• Mariko FujiMother of Joji Sano Kasai
• Takashi SasanoKotani Shobe
• Masahiko TsugawaKenmotsu Sasahara
• Meiko KajiSuga Sasahara

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