Plot:

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.

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Actors - Crew

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Oishi Kuranosuke

Sonny Chiba
Fuwa Kazuemon

Tsunehiko Watase
Kobayashi Heihachiro

Teruhiko Saigō
Asano

Kyōko Enami
Ukibashi

Masaomi Kondo
Hashimoto Heizaemon

Kinji Fukasaku
Director

Isamu Ichida
Editor

Norimichi Igawa
Production Design

Kōji Takada
Screenplay

Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography

Hanjirō Nakazawa
Director of Photography

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