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The 47 Ronin ()

Genroku chûshingura (original title)
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The legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku.

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Kuranosuke Ooishi
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Sukeimon Tomimori
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Jurôzaemon Isogai
Yoshizaburo Arashi ...
Lord Takuminokami Asano
Chôemon Bandô ...
Sôemon Hara
Sukezô Sukedakaya ...
Chûzaemon Yoshida
Kikunojô Segawa ...
Gengo Ootaka (as Kikunojo Segawa)
Shotaro Ichikawa ...
Yahei Horibe
Enji Ichikawa ...
Tadashichi Takebayashi
Kikunosuke Ichikawa ...
Gengoemon Kataoka
Shinzô Yamazaki ...
Sezaemon Ooishi
Senshô Ichikawa ...
Matsunosuke Ooishi (as Sensho Ichikawa)
Shoji Ichikawa ...
Magoemon Seo
Iwagoro Ichikawa ...
Fujiemon Hayamizu
Shinzaburo Ichikawa ...
Matanosuke Ushioda
Harunosuke Bandô ...
Monzaemon Izeki
Kimisaburô Nakamura ...
Jûemon Namase
Minoru Bando ...
Fujiemon Ootsuka
Ginjirô Bandô ...
Saemon Kishi
Tokusaburô Arashi ...
Shôgen Okuno (as Tokusaburo Arashi)
Tokujirô Tsutsui ...
Kurôemon Oono
Seiichi Katô ...
Jûnai Onodera
Ryôtarô Kawanami ...
Yasoemon Okajima
Jôji Kaieda ...
Yasubee Horibe
Hiroshi Ôuchi ...
Sanpei Sugano
Rokurô Ôkawa ...
Kanroku Chiakamatsu
Ryu Okochi ...
Magomeon Okuda
Mitsusaburô Ramon ...
Tokubei Izeki
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Denpachirô Tamon
Kazutoyo Mimasu ...
Kôzunosuke Kira
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Ecchûmori Katô
Tetsu Tsuboi ...
Chikugomori Shindô
Yoshindo Yamaji ...
Yosôemon Kajikawa
Aizô Tamashima ...
Munechikaemon Fukami (as Aizo Tamashima)
Mitsuaki Minami ...
Heihachirô Kondô
Haruo Inoue ...
Jûemon Kurusu
Tomoemon Ôtomo ...
Genemon Ookubo
Kiyoshi Kagawa ...
Ukyô Tamura
Yuzuru Kume ...
Tsushimamori Inagaki
Chiyotaro Sawamura ...
Sekihisa
Shingorô Nakamura
Toshio Arashi ...
Tokuya Noborikawa
Shôichirô Ichikawa ...
Ryôhaku Ishii
Utaemon Ichikawa ...
Tsunatoyo Tokugawa
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Yôsen'in, Asano's wife
Sugako Takimi ...
Ukihashi
Kazuko Okada ...
Ume
Fumiko Yamaji ...
Okiyo
Michiyo Kyômachi ...
Oyû
Yasuko Mitsui ...
Okura
Shizue Yamagishi ...
Oriku
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Fuwa Kazuemon (uncredited)
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Ecchûmori Hosokawa (uncredited)
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Denemon (uncredited)
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Omino, Isogai's fiancee (uncredited)
Yôko Umemura ...
Toda (uncredited)

Directed by

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Kenji Mizoguchi

Written by

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Kenichiro Hara ... (screenplay)
 
Seika Mayama ... (play)
 
Yoshikata Yoda ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Shintarô Shirai ... producer

Music by

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Shirô Fukai

Cinematography by

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Kôhei Sugiyama

Editing by

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Takako Kuji

Editorial Department

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Yôko Arakawa ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Hiroshi Mizutani

Set Decoration by

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Dai Arakawa
Atsuo Matsuoka
Hisako Oozawa

Costume Design by

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Ryûzô Kawada
Yoshisaburô Okumura

Makeup Department

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Shima Fukumizu ... hair stylist
Kichitarô Ozaki ... hair stylist
Ishitarô Takagi ... key hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Taichirô Hanaoka ... assistant director
Iehira Ogawa ... assistant director
Tatsuo Sakai ... assistant director
Naoji Watanabe ... assistant director

Art Department

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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

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Seiichi Harada ... sound mixer
Hajime Kimura ... sound effects editor
Hidetaka Sasaki ... sound
Fumizô Sugimoto ... sound recordist
Kôichi Tashiro ... sound recordist

Stunts

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Shôzaburô Tachibana ... action coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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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

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Shintarô Katô ... assistant costume designer
Yoshizaburô Okumura ... assistant costume designer

Music Department

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Kazuo Yamada ... conductor

Additional Crew

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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

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Storyline

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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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Also Known As
  • 元禄忠臣蔵 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin: Part 2 (Japan, English title)
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin: Part 1 (Japan, English title)
  • The 47 Ronin: Parts 1 and 2 (United States)
  • The 47 Ronin (Singapore, English title)
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  • 241 min
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Did You Know?

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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.
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