The 47 Ronin
7.2
In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Kira. Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the Lord's dishonour. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi seeks to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses, and Oishi and 46 rōnin are out for revenge.
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Chōjūrō Kawarasaki
Kuranosuke Oishi
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Kan'emon Nakamura
Sukeimon Tomimori
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Humanity and Paper Balloons
Kunitarō Kawarasaki
Jurozaemon Isogai
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Kikunojo Segawa
Gengo Ootaka
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Utaemon Ichikawa
Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
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Yoshizaburo Arashi
Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano
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Daisuke Katō
Fuwa Kazuemon
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Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Seizaburō Kawazu
Lord Etchumori Hosokawa
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Mantoyo Mimasu
Kozunosuke Kira
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Mitsuko Miura
Yosenin
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Kenji Mizoguchi Director · Yoshikata Yoda Screenplay Kenichiro Hara Writer
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay
Yoshikata Yoda
Writer
Kenichiro Hara
Story
Seika Mayama
Composer
Shiro Fukai
Cinematographer
Kōhei Sugiyama
Editor
Takako Kuji
Production designer
Hiroshi Mizutani
Costume designer
Ryûzô Kawada
Costume designer
Yoshisaburô Okumura
Costume designer
Tadaoto Kainoshō
First release December 8, 1941 · Produced in Japan · Production IMA Productions
Production
Shochiku
Production
IMA Productions
Production
Japan
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Original title
元禄 忠臣蔵
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 8, 1941
Theatrical · Part 1
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
February 11, 1942 · Theatrical · Part 2
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