Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion

In the end, we had no choice but to have it this way. We just took a roundabout path.

1967121 min8.3 / 10

A tragic meditation on honor, duty, and the impossible choices imposed by feudal hierarchy, where resistance to injustice leads inexorably toward destruction.

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.

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