

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
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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