Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013) by Nicolas S — 09 Sep 2008

Tragic story and sort of depressing but beautifully made and very touching.

This review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013) was written by Nicolas S on 09 Sep 2008.

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Jens L (123) on 15 Nov 2014

Probably Kobayashi's best from what I've seen…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Al M (1,263) on 13 Jul 2008

This is Mifune at his most heart breaking, and probably one of few movies that spoke out against blind devotion to his lord. Awesome movie…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Jonathan B (2,317) on 07 Nov 2010

Very good piece of cinema. Another beauty, black and white samurai drama…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Aaron A (719) on 16 Jul 2011

One of the best samurai films I've seen, with a extremely slow burn before what we know must come. Tense throughout…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Jeff B (2,998) on 16 Oct 2010

Wow! Awesome movie, though I'm not sure I really like the ending…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Tom B (1,265) on 10 Mar 2010

A favorite…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Michael Sragow (1,413) for New Yorker (1,403) on 10 May 2015

No one could seethe better than Mifune, but what gives the movie equal shares of exhilaration and heartbreak is the feeling that pours out of him…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Rick R (465) on 13 Aug 2012

Samurai Rebellion (1967) This is a great samurai film. One of the early ones created from Mifune Productions studio…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Rogerio . (11) on 23 Jun 2009

Mifune toshiro is great as usual in this samurai drama. it's a tragic tale that has some great moments of righteous retribution…

Read Review

Review of Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 29 May 2011

One word: Awesome Of course it was a tragic ending. It goes to show evil and corruption in high places will always win…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

More Reviews by Nicolas S

Review of Children of Men (2006)

By Nicolas S (215) on 22 Jul 2018

This is, hands down, my favourite movie of all time…

Read Review

Review of Minions (2015)

By Nicolas S (215) on 18 Dec 2018

Puntos muy bien desarrollados pero tambien hay puntos muy malos, es una historia muy reforsada, los personajes perdieron su esencia y no se…

Read Review

Review of Goodnight Mommy (2015)

By Nicolas S (215) on 12 Jun 2018

Intensely hypnotic and unflinchingly terrifying, this Austrian psychological horror discomforts with scenes of visceral gore and the monstrosity…

Read Review

Review of Avatar (2011)

By Nicolas S (215) on 04 Oct 2018

Twelve years since Titanic Cameron again delivers with a great science fiction epic with the usual tropes and clichés but somehow making it…

Read Review

Review of Annabelle (2014)

By Nicolas S (215) on 04 Aug 2018

Tuvieron a un buen personaje,un icono actual de el terror y lo suplantaron por una historia ten desorientada y tan aburrida ,lenta y que no…

Read Review

Review of Inglourious Basterds (2009)

By Nicolas S (215) on 29 Jun 2018

Personajes muy bien elaborados,escenas con un estilo muy bien ambientado a la época y con el estilo de tarantino,un guion excelente y muy…

Read Review

Review of The Conjuring (2013)

By Nicolas S (215) on 04 Aug 2018

Esta película cambio el genero de terror por completo,nos mostró nuevos modos de hacer una historia que de verdad e miedo si los screamer…

Read Review

Review of Brain on Fire (2017)

By Nicolas S (215) on 17 Aug 2018

Algo muy original,mostrar una película basada en un echo real que se esta volviendo común,una enfermedad no muy conocida y muy peligroso…

Read Review

Review of The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

By Nicolas S (215) on 01 Aug 2018

I keep going into these Purge movies thinking this is going to be so stupid, and I keep leaving pretty impressed…

Read Review

Review of Your Name. (2016)

By Nicolas S (215) on 02 Jun 2018

Perfecta,sus paisajes,sus planos,su historia,su animación,sus personajes,sus conecciones,su manera de expresarse,una historia con personajes…

Read Review

More Reviews by Nicolas S

Popular Movies Right Now

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion

2013

79%92 Reviews

The Change-Up

2011

54%713 Reviews

The Wolf Man

1941

73%467 Reviews

To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You

2020

59%30 Reviews

The Lucky One

2012

59%665 Reviews

Hit & Run

2012

55%651 Reviews

Death Sentence

2007

61%714 Reviews

Alexander

2004

49%813 Reviews

We're the Millers

2013

64%874 Reviews

Pieces of April

2003

71%560 Reviews