
About the film

japan samurai revenge seppuku historical drama
47 Ronin
Release Date: November 03, 1962
Year | : | 1962 |
Slogan | : | «» |
Genres | : | History, Drama, Action |
Production Companies | : | Toho Company, Ltd. |
Director | : | Hiroshi Inagaki |
Producers | : | Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Inagaki |
Writers | : | Toshio Yasumi |
RunTime | : | 207 mins. |
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.
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