Amazing: stirring, subversive, SAMURAI REBELLION (1967) is a heart-felt action film that is eloquent and haunting in its reflections on the abuse of powers by the ruling class. SAMURAI REBELLION (1967) screens Wednesday, July 30 @ 7p, part of the Japanese New Wave series at Moxie Cinema. Tickets are $11/Adults, $9/Seniors & Students. This series is Free for Moxie Members.
Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo Sasahara, an aging swordsman living a quiet life until his clan lord orders that his son marry the lord's mistress, who has recently displeased the ruler. Reluctantly, father and son take in the woman, and, to the family’s surprise, the young couple fall in love. But the lord soon reverses his decision and demands the mistress’s return. Against all expectations, Isaburo and his son refuse, risking the destruction of their entire family. Director Masaki Kobayashi's Samurai Rebellion is the gripping story of a peaceful man who finally decides to take a stand against injustice. [Janus]
JAPANESE NEW WAVE 2025
Through radical editing, fractured narratives, and striking visual experimentation, filmmakers in this movement reimagined the possibilities of form, offering a visceral lens on a society in flux. This series traces a moment of artistic rupture and political reckoning that reshaped the language of Japanese film.
Jul 30: Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Aug 27: Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Sep 24: Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Oct 29: Kwaidan (1964)
Nov 25: Branded to K*ll (1967)
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