Koshiro Matsumoto, Yuzo Kayama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takashi Shimura, Keiju Kobayashi, Ryo Ikebe, Setsuko Hara, Yoko Tsukasa, Hisaya Morishige, Chusha Ichikawa, Toshiro Mifune. Based on the Kabuki play-cycle Kanakehon Chushingura, by Izumo Takeda, Shoraku Miyoshi, and Senryu Namiki. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962. A foreign film (Japan)
Summary:
Their lord having been tricked into commiting suicide by a corrupt elder court official, a group of 47 samurai who have been forced to become ronin nurse their anger and outrage, each becoming the personification of the samurai spirit, until the time is right to avenge their dead lord's honor.
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