Overview
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kaneo IkegamiScreenplay, Original Story
- Yo TakeyamaScreenplay
- Kon IchikawaScreenplay
- Original title
- 四十七人の刺客
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 22, 1994
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Production
Cast
Ken TakakuraKuranosuke Oishi
Kiichi NakaiMatashiro Irobe
Rie MiyazawaKaru
Koji IshizakaYoshiyasu Yanagisawa
Ruriko AsaokaRiku
Hisaya MorishigeHyobu Chisaka
Ryudo UzakiYasubê Horibe
Tatsuo MatsumuraYahê Horibe
Hisashi IgawaOkuda
Gaku YamamotoChûzaemon Yoshida
Shigeru KōyamaJûnai Onodera
Isao Bitō- Jun Hashizume
Renji IshibashiHeihachirô Kobayashi
Saburo Ishikura- Yuka Kono
Hitomi Kuroki
Misa Shimizu
Yuko Kotegawa
Kikunosuke Onoe V
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