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For other films with similar names, see 47 Ronin (film). 1941 Japanese film| The 47 Ronin | |
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| Directed by | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Written by | Seika Mayama (play) Kenichiro Hara Yoshikata Yoda (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Shochiku |
| Cinematography | Kōhei Sugiyama |
| Music by | Shirō Fukai |
| Distributed by | Shochiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo |
| Release dates | December 1, 1941 part 1 (Japan) February 11, 1942 part 2 (Japan) |
| Running time | 223 min. 112 min. (part 1) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The 47 Ronin (Template:Lang-ja Genroku chūshingura, "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers of the Genroku era") is a 1941/1942 black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. The film chronicles the end of the lives of the forty-seven Ronin.
Cast
Actors in the film include:
- Chojuro Kawarasaki as Ōishi Kuranosuke (Ōishi Yoshio)
- Kanemon Nakamura as Sukeimon Tomimori
- Kunitaro Kawarazaki as Isogai Jurozaemon
- Yoshizaburo Arashi as daimyo Asano Naganori
- Daisuke Katō as Fuwa Kazuemon
- Tokusaburo Arashi(?) 嵐徳三郎 as 奥野将監
- Ryū Ōkōchi 大河内龍 as 奥田孫兵衛
- Isamu Kosugi 小杉勇 as 多門伝八郎
- Masao Shimizu 清水将夫 as 加藤越中守
- Utaemon Ichikawa 市川右太衛門 as Tokugawa Tsunatoyo
- Seizaburō Kawazu as Lord Etchumori Hosokawa
- Mantoyo Mimasu as Kira Kozukenosuke
- Mitsuko Miura as Yosenin, Lady Asano, Asano's wife
- Mieko Takamine as Omino, Isogai's fiancee
See also
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 Chushingura) - 1958 film Kunio Watanabe
- Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki - 1962 color film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
- Daichūshingura (大忠臣蔵, Daichūshingura) - 1971 television dramatization
- The Fall of Ako Castle (赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) (aka Swords Of Vengeance) - 1978 film by Kinji Fukasaku
- Matsu no Ōrōka
- List of historical drama films of Asia
Release
The first film was released in Japan in 1941, just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
References
- ^ "The 47 Ronin: Part I". Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
- "The 47 Ronin: Part II". Retrieved 8 February 2009.
External links
- The 47 Ronin at IMDb
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