Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion
Theatrical poster for Samurai Rebellion
Directed byMasaki Kobayashi
Screenplay byShinobu Hashimoto
Based onHairyozuma shimatsu
by Yasuhiko Takiguchi
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKazuo Yamada
Edited byHisashi Sagara
Music byToru Takemitsu
Production
companies
  • Toho
  • Mifune Productions
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 27 May 1967 (1967-05-27) (Japan)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryJapan

Samurai Rebellion (上意討ち 拝領妻始末, Jōi-uchi: Hairyō zuma shimatsu) is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The film is based on a short story of the same name by Yasuhiko Takiguchi. Its screenplay was written by Shinobu Hashimoto.

Film historian Donald Richie suggests an approximate translation for its original Japanese title: Rebellion: Receive the Wife.