Samurai Rebellion
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Samurai Rebellion is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi, renowned for its powerful critique of feudal authority and its starring performance by Toshiro Mifune.
All labels observed (1)
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| Samurai Rebellion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10896101 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samurai Rebellion Context triple: [Shinobu Hashimoto, notableWork, Samurai Rebellion]
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A.
Forty-seven Ronin incident
The Forty-seven Ronin incident is a famous early 18th-century Japanese tale of samurai loyalty and revenge, in which a group of masterless warriors avenged their lord’s forced seppuku before themselves facing execution.
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Shinpūren Rebellion
The Shinpūren Rebellion was an 1876 uprising in Kumamoto, Japan, led by radical samurai opposed to Westernization and the Meiji government's reforms.
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Akizuki Rebellion
The Akizuki Rebellion was an 1876 samurai uprising in Akizuki, Japan, protesting the Meiji government's rapid modernization and loss of traditional samurai privileges.
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Samurai Spirits
Samurai Spirits is a long-running series of weapon-based fighting video games by SNK, known in the West as Samurai Shodown and recognized for its samurai-era setting and high-risk, high-damage combat.
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E.
Hagi Rebellion
The Hagi Rebellion was a short-lived 1876 samurai uprising in Japan’s Chōshū domain, reflecting discontent with the Meiji government’s modernization policies and foreshadowing larger revolts like the Satsuma Rebellion.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samurai Rebellion Target entity description: Samurai Rebellion is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi, renowned for its powerful critique of feudal authority and its starring performance by Toshiro Mifune.
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A.
Forty-seven Ronin incident
The Forty-seven Ronin incident is a famous early 18th-century Japanese tale of samurai loyalty and revenge, in which a group of masterless warriors avenged their lord’s forced seppuku before themselves facing execution.
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B.
Shinpūren Rebellion
The Shinpūren Rebellion was an 1876 uprising in Kumamoto, Japan, led by radical samurai opposed to Westernization and the Meiji government's reforms.
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C.
Akizuki Rebellion
The Akizuki Rebellion was an 1876 samurai uprising in Akizuki, Japan, protesting the Meiji government's rapid modernization and loss of traditional samurai privileges.
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D.
Samurai Spirits
Samurai Spirits is a long-running series of weapon-based fighting video games by SNK, known in the West as Samurai Shodown and recognized for its samurai-era setting and high-risk, high-damage combat.
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E.
Hagi Rebellion
The Hagi Rebellion was a short-lived 1876 samurai uprising in Japan’s Chōshū domain, reflecting discontent with the Meiji government’s modernization policies and foreshadowing larger revolts like the Satsuma Rebellion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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film ⓘ jidaigeki film ⓘ period drama film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Joi-uchi: Hairyo tsuma shimatsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aspectOf | Japanese cinema of the 1960s ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hairyozuma Shimatsu
NERFINISHED
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novel by Yasuhiko Takiguchi ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kazuo Yamada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Masaki Kobayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michio Suwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmLocationSetting | Aizu domain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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jidaigeki ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Tatsuya Nakadai
NERFINISHED
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Toshiro Mifune NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoko Tsukasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
individual versus system
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rebellion against unjust lord ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Isaburo Sasahara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Toru Takemitsu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
powerful critique of feudal authority
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starring performance by Toshiro Mifune ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| portrays |
conflict between duty and conscience
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critique of feudal authority ⓘ family loyalty ⓘ samurai honor ⓘ |
| producer | Shigeru Wakatsuki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1967-05-27 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 121 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Shinobu Hashimoto
NERFINISHED
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Yoshikata Yoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Go Kato
NERFINISHED
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Tatsuya Nakadai NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatsuyoshi Ehara NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshiro Mifune NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoko Tsukasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunosuke Ito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInJapanese | 上意討ち 拝領妻始末 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Samurai Rebellion Description of subject: Samurai Rebellion is a 1967 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Masaki Kobayashi, renowned for its powerful critique of feudal authority and its starring performance by Toshiro Mifune.
Referenced by (1)
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