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.

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

[3] In 1725, during the Edo period of Japan, Isaburo Sasahara (Toshiro Mifune) is a vassal of the daimyo of the Aizu clan, Masakata Matsudaira.

Isaburo is one of the most skilled swordsmen in the land, whose main rival is his good friend Tatewaki Asano (Tatsuya Nakadai).

The family refuses, but Ichi is coerced to return by Isaburo's younger son, as otherwise her husband and father-in-law will be ordered to commit seppuku for their insolence and insubordination.

The music was composed by Tōru Takemitsu, and is performed almost exclusively on traditional Japanese instruments, including shakuhachi, biwa, and taiko.