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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1962 DVD Release: 10/21/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: Japanese Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 3 hrs 27 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Epic, Historical Epic, Samurai Film See Also: Chushingura [Widescreen]

This sweeping historical epic has sometimes been labelled the Gone with the Wind of Japan; at any rate, it's almost the same length as Gone (the film was originally released in two parts). Chusha Ichikawa plays a powerful and ruthless feudal lord who battles virtuous young noble Yuzo Kayama. Ichikawa is temporarily victorious when he tricks Kayama into committing Hara Kiri. Vengeance is meted out by Kayama's forty-seven samurai retainers. Based on a venerable Japanese legend, the story of Chushingura has been filmed several times, but only the 1941 version (47 Ronin) matched the grandeur of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1962 version. In some English-speaking countries, Chushingura has been released in a shorter version titled The Loyal 47 Ronin. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Koshiro Matsumoto - Kuranosuke Oishi
Yuzo Kayama - Takuminokami Asano
Chusha Ichikawa - Kouzuke Kira
Toshiro Mifune - Genba Tawaraboshi
Yoko Tsukasa - Yozenin