Chûshingura

Chûshingura

Japan's Supreme Screen Classic

1962•3h 27m•7.2/10

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Ratings

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7.2/10(44)

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

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Production

TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Matsumoto Hakuō I

Matsumoto Hakuō I

Chamberlain Kuranosuke Oishi

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Genba Tawaraboshi

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Hyobu Chishaka

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Yasubei Horibe

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Lord Naganori Asano

Akira Takarada

Akira Takarada

Gunpei Takada

Yōsuke Natsuki

Yōsuke Natsuki

Kinemon Okano

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Kazuemon Fuwa

Tadao Takashima

Tadao Takashima

Jyujiro Kan

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Asano Official

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Kichiemon Terasaka

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Awajinokami Wakisake

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Chikara Tsuchiya

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

Riku Oishi

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

Aguri Asano

Reiko Dan

Reiko Dan

Okaru

Yuriko Hoshi

Yuriko Hoshi

Otsuya

Yumi Shirakawa

Yumi Shirakawa

Ume

Kumi Mizuno

Kumi Mizuno

Saho

Mie Hama

Mie Hama

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