Movie: Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

Top 10 Billed Cast

Masakazu Tamura
田村正和

Isaburo Sasahara

Yukie Nakama
仲間由紀恵

Ichi Sasahara

Naoto Ogata
緒形直人

Yogoro Sasahara

Yukiya Kitamura
北村有起哉

Takahashi

Tomoko Tabata
田畑智子

Tatewaki Asano

Hideo Ishiguro
石黒英雄

Bunzo Sasahara

Isao Hashizume
橋爪功

Sanzaemon Yanase

Ren Osugi
大杉漣

Tadashi Matsudaira

Mariko Fuji
藤真利子

Mother of Joji Sano Kasai

Takashi Sasano
笹野高史

Kotani Shobe

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2013-02-09

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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