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Chûshingura

Chûshingura

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Chûshingura

"Japan's Supreme Screen Classic"

1962

3h 27m

7.1(47 votes)

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Overview

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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10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Hiroshi Inagaki
Written by: Toshio Yasumi
Produced by: Sanezumi Fujimoto
Tomoyuki Tanaka

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