
The 47 Ronin (1941)
Genroku chûshingura (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 4h 1min
- Drama, History
- Mar 1979 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast
Chôjûrô Kawarasaki | ... |
Kuranosuke Ooishi
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Kan'emon Nakamura | ... |
Sukeimon Tomimori
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Kunitarô Kawarazaki | ... |
Jurôzaemon Isogai
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Yoshizaburo Arashi | ... |
Lord Takuminokami Asano
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Chôemon Bandô | ... |
Sôemon Hara
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Sukezô Sukedakaya | ... |
Chûzaemon Yoshida
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Kikunojô Segawa | ... |
Gengo Ootaka
(as Kikunojo Segawa)
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Shotaro Ichikawa | ... |
Yahei Horibe
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Enji Ichikawa | ... |
Tadashichi Takebayashi
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Kikunosuke Ichikawa | ... |
Gengoemon Kataoka
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Shinzô Yamazaki | ... |
Sezaemon Ooishi
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Senshô Ichikawa | ... |
Matsunosuke Ooishi
(as Sensho Ichikawa)
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Shoji Ichikawa | ... |
Magoemon Seo
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Iwagoro Ichikawa | ... |
Fujiemon Hayamizu
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Shinzaburo Ichikawa | ... |
Matanosuke Ushioda
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Harunosuke Bandô | ... |
Monzaemon Izeki
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Kimisaburô Nakamura | ... |
Jûemon Namase
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Minoru Bando | ... |
Fujiemon Ootsuka
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Ginjirô Bandô | ... |
Saemon Kishi
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Tokusaburô Arashi | ... |
Shôgen Okuno
(as Tokusaburo Arashi)
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Tokujirô Tsutsui | ... |
Kurôemon Oono
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Seiichi Katô | ... |
Jûnai Onodera
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Ryôtarô Kawanami | ... |
Yasoemon Okajima
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Jôji Kaieda | ... |
Yasubee Horibe
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Hiroshi Ôuchi | ... |
Sanpei Sugano
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Rokurô Ôkawa | ... |
Kanroku Chiakamatsu
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Ryu Okochi | ... |
Magomeon Okuda
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Mitsusaburô Ramon | ... |
Tokubei Izeki
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Isamu Kosugi | ... |
Denpachirô Tamon
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Kazutoyo Mimasu | ... |
Kôzunosuke Kira
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Masao Shimizu | ... |
Ecchûmori Katô
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Tetsu Tsuboi | ... |
Chikugomori Shindô
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Yoshindo Yamaji | ... |
Yosôemon Kajikawa
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Aizô Tamashima | ... |
Munechikaemon Fukami
(as Aizo Tamashima)
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Mitsuaki Minami | ... |
Heihachirô Kondô
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Haruo Inoue | ... |
Jûemon Kurusu
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Tomoemon Ôtomo | ... |
Genemon Ookubo
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Kiyoshi Kagawa | ... |
Ukyô Tamura
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Yuzuru Kume | ... |
Tsushimamori Inagaki
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Chiyotaro Sawamura | ... |
Sekihisa
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Shingorô Nakamura |
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Toshio Arashi | ... |
Tokuya Noborikawa
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Shôichirô Ichikawa | ... |
Ryôhaku Ishii
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Utaemon Ichikawa | ... |
Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
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Mitsuko Miura | ... |
Yôsen'in, Asano's wife
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Sugako Takimi | ... |
Ukihashi
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Kazuko Okada | ... |
Ume
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Fumiko Yamaji | ... |
Okiyo
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Michiyo Kyômachi | ... |
Oyû
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Yasuko Mitsui | ... |
Okura
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Shizue Yamagishi | ... |
Oriku
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Daisuke Katô | ... |
Fuwa Kazuemon (uncredited)
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Seizaburô Kawazu | ... |
Ecchûmori Hosokawa (uncredited)
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Tsuruzô Nakamura | ... |
Denemon (uncredited)
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Mieko Takamine | ... |
Omino, Isogai's fiancee (uncredited)
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Yôko Umemura | ... |
Toda (uncredited)
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Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi |
Written by
Kenichiro Hara | ... | (screenplay) |
Seika Mayama | ... | (play) |
Yoshikata Yoda | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Shintarô Shirai | ... | producer |
Music by
Shirô Fukai |
Cinematography by
Kôhei Sugiyama |
Editing by
Takako Kuji |
Editorial Department
Yôko Arakawa | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Hiroshi Mizutani |
Set Decoration by
Dai Arakawa | ||
Atsuo Matsuoka | ||
Hisako Oozawa |
Costume Design by
Ryûzô Kawada | ||
Yoshisaburô Okumura |
Makeup Department
Shima Fukumizu | ... | hair stylist |
Kichitarô Ozaki | ... | hair stylist |
Ishitarô Takagi | ... | key hair stylist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Taichirô Hanaoka | ... | assistant director |
Iehira Ogawa | ... | assistant director |
Tatsuo Sakai | ... | assistant director |
Naoji Watanabe | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Kôjirô Nishida | ... | assistant set decorator |
Shintarô Ogura | ... | assistant set designer |
Shun Rokugô | ... | set designer |
Kaneto Shindô | ... | construction director |
Takesaburô Watanabe | ... | assistant art director |
Matsuharu Ôno | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
Seiichi Harada | ... | sound mixer |
Hajime Kimura | ... | sound effects editor |
Hidetaka Sasaki | ... | sound |
Fumizô Sugimoto | ... | sound recordist |
Kôichi Tashiro | ... | sound recordist |
Stunts
Shôzaburô Tachibana | ... | action coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ikuo Iwata | ... | camera operator |
Yasuzô Matsuno | ... | camera operator |
Masao Miwa | ... | gaffer |
Matsujirô Nakajima | ... | gaffer |
Sôsuke Nakajima | ... | gaffer |
Tadao Nakamura | ... | camera operator |
Fujio Yoshida | ... | still photographer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shintarô Katô | ... | assistant costume designer |
Yoshizaburô Okumura | ... | assistant costume designer |
Music Department
Kazuo Yamada | ... | conductor |
Additional Crew
Taizô Ehara | ... | language researcher |
Tsutomu Ema | ... | generic period researcher |
Motoharu Fujita | ... | popular houses researcher |
Eigo Itô | ... | fusuma painting |
Tadaoto Kainoshô | ... | customs researcher |
Iwao Kongô | ... | Nô researcher |
Sumio Kubo | ... | ceremonial dress resaercher |
Atsushi Mochizuki | ... | title designer |
Harunobu Numai | ... | fusuma painting |
Jihei Ogawa | ... | gardener |
Kumoji Takesue | ... | stage manager |
Shigetarô Tomita | ... | film development |
Sadajirô Utsumi | ... | history researcher |
Kenjirô Yamashita | ... | stenographer |
Momoto Yoshida | ... | handicraft |
Yoshikuni Ôkuma | ... | samurai researcher |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Shochiku Films of America (1979) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Image Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Raro Video (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Trivia | The Japanese Ministry of Information, under the militarist government, commissioned director Kenji Mizoguchi to make this film as a morale booster for the WWII war effort. But it was a commercial failure, being released in Japan one week before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The military and most audiences found the first part of the film to be too slow and serious. However, the studio and Mizoguchi both regarded it as so important that Part 2 was put into production, though Mizoguchi was forced to insert some close-ups of the stars which are totally absent from Part I. The film was finally shown in America in the 1970s. See more » |
Goofs | From ~1:40 to ~1:44 an appropriate dialog sequence occurs starting with three men walking a path with one saying "Counselor, the decision has come" and ending with "we need have no fear." That same sequence is duplicated at ~2:22 to ~2:26 with the additional dialog at the end "I want you two to return to Edo at once and inform our brothers there that I will be arriving shortly." This duplicate is out of sequence with the story. See more » |
Movie Connections | Referenced in Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975). See more » |
Quotes |
Lord Takuminokami Asano:
I only regret that I failed to kill Lord Kira and I left him with only superficial wounds. You will no doubt laugh at my ineptitude. I can but ask that I receive the customary punishment. See more » |