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Director:
Writers:
Kenichiro Hara (writer)
Seika Mayama (play)
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Release Date:
March 1979 (USA) more
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Plot:
Lord Asano resists a bribery attempt by a member of the Shogun's court. His honesty, however, is useless against the corruption of the administration... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Yoshizaburo Arashi ... Lord Takuminokami Asano
Utaemon Ichikawa ... Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
Daisuke Katô ... Fuwa Kazuemon
Chojuro Kawarasaki ... Kuranosuke Oishi
Kunitaro Kawarazaki ... Jurozaemon Isogai
Seizaburô Kawazu ... Lord Etchumori Hosokawa
Mantoyo Mimasu ... Kozunosuke Kira
Mitsuko Miura ... Yosenin, Asano's wife
Kanemon Nakamura ... Sukeimon Tomimori
Mieko Takamine ... Omino, Isogai's fiancee
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
47 Samurai
Chushingura
Loyal 47 of the Genroku Era
The 47 Ronin (USA)
The Loyal 47 Ronin
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Runtime:
241 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Based on a true story, a version of which can be read in Jorge Luis Borges's short story collection, 'A Universal History of Infamy', under the title 'The Uncivil Teacher of Etiquette, Kotsuke no Suke'. more
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Referenced in Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai (1975) more

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Long, 15 March 1999
Author: anonymous from oregon

Though stately, impressive, and vaguely powerful at times, it nonetheless demands more patience than this viewer had. It's well filmed, but rather static and aloof. None of this is aided by its nearly 4 hour length.

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