忠臣蔵花の巻・雪の巻 (1962)

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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.

Updated May 12 2020

Releases:

US -

1963-10-03

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Keywords:

japan samurai revenge seppuku warrior revenge historical drama

FACTS

Runtime: 207 mins Rating: 7.1

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Yohei Kori

Takashi Shimura

Hacchônawate Tokubei

Daisuke Katô

Tasaburo Hishiya

Mie Hama

Fumiko Sakurai

Tatsuya Mihashi

Agent Jiro Kitami

Tadao Takashima

Osamu Sakurai

Akira Takarada

Takeshi Iijima

Akira Kubo

Tetsuo Teri