Chushingura: The Truth
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Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He was young and slightly inexperienced, so Lord Kira Kozuke-no suke Yoshinako was given the task of instructing Lord Asano in the customs of the ceremony. On the day of the reception, something went terrible wrong, and Lord Asano attempted to kill Lord Kira. For this, Lord Asano was order to commit seppuku. However, in violation of existing law, Lord Kira was not punished. The ruling Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi eventually confiscated Lord Asano's land and dismissed the samurai that had served him so faithfully, effectively making them all ronin. Two years later, Oishi Kuranosuke Yoshi led a group of samurai loyal to Lord Asano in an attack on Kira's compound. Their aim was to capture and kill him.
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Kaoru Akiyoshi
Also in
The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu
Jinichi Amano
Also in
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Man-Slashing Horse-Piercing Sword
Shôzô Makino
Shôtarô Saijô
Shinobu Araki
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Gate of Hell
Itarō Yamagami
Seiichi Arao
Kan Arashi
Kanjūrō Arashi
Known for
Jigoku
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
Kankichirô Arashi
Kanzaburo Arashi
Also in
Backward Flow
Kirarazaka
Shirô Arimura
Shōzō Makino Director · Itarō Yamagami Writer Shōtarō Saijō Writer
First release March 14, 1928 · Produced in Japan · Original title 忠魂義烈 実録忠臣蔵
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マキノプロダクション
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Japan
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Original title
忠魂義烈 実録忠臣蔵
Original language
Japanese
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Japan · March 14, 1928
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