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47 Ronin(Movie, 1962)

Original title: "忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻" (Japanese/JA)
3h 27min | Genres: History, Drama, Action
47 RoninRating: 3.7/5 (with 1717 votes)
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻, Chushingura: Story of Flower, Story of Snow) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki epic film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it is based on the story of the forty-seven rōnin. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Genba Tawaraboshi, along with Matsumoto Hakuō I, Yūzō Kayama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Akira Takarada, Yosuke Natsuki, Makoto Satō, and Tadao Takashima. Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki was released theatrically in Japan on 3 November 1962. It was released under the title 47 Samurai in the United States. ()
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About 47 Ronin

The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Made by: Toho Company
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 7 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/03/1963 (World premiere: 11/03/1962)
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Producer: Toho
Composer: Akira Ifukube
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Chûshingura"
"Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki"
"忠臣蔵　花の巻　雪の巻"
"47 Samurai"
"Chushingura"
"Chushingura: 47 Samurai"
"The Loyal 47 Ronin"

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Other movies with this title: 47 Ronin (JP, 1994), 47 Ronin (HU/JP/GB/US, 2013)

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