After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Acting
Matsumoto's Oishi: a performance of restraint that explodes.
Cinematography
Widescreen compositions that dwarf men against eternity.
Direction
Inagaki makes 47 characters distinct before the blood.
Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
Matsumoto Hakuō I
Chamberlain Kuranosuke Oishi
Toshirō Mifune
Genba Tawaraboshi
Takashi Shimura
Hyobu Chishaka
Tatsuya Mihashi
Yasubei Horibe
Yūzō Kayama
Lord Naganori Asano
Akira Takarada
Gunpei Takada
Yōsuke Natsuki
Kinemon Okano
Makoto Satō
Kazuemon Fuwa
Tadao Takashima
Jyujiro Kan
Seizaburō Kawazu
Asano Official
Daisuke Katō
Kichiemon Terasaka
Keiju Kobayashi
Awajinokami Wakisake
Ryō Ikebe
Chikara Tsuchiya
Setsuko Hara
Riku Oishi
Yōko Tsukasa
Aguri Asano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chūshingura is Japan's most adapted story—this 1962 version was commissioned for the 300th anniversary of the actual 1703 Ako incident.
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