Morotaka's father Saiko was involved in the plot as a main culprit and was thereby arrested and beheaded, and Morotaka himself was also killed by OGUMANOGUNJI (which also read KOGUMANOGUNJI and KUGUMANOGUNJI) Koresue in June or July, 1177, which was followed by the execution of Morotsune, Morohira and their three retainers ('roto' in Japanese) by decapitation at the Rokujo-gawara riverbed.
首謀者の一人であった父の西光は捕縛のうえ斬首され、師高も同年6月（1177年6月～7月）、小胡麻郡司維季（おぐまのぐんじこれすえ）に討たれ、師経・師平ほか郎党三名もも六条河原で斬首された。