47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻) (1962)

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.

Crew: Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Hakuō Matsumoto, Yûzô Kayama

Format: DVD

Genre: History, Drama, Action

Rating: M

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