The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1932
2h 19m
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Overview

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Shochiku Kinema (Kamata) Shochiku
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title 忠臣蔵
Release Date December 1, 1932
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt1226750

Cast

Jusaburo Bando
Jusaburo Bando

Kuranosuke Ôishi

Kazuo Hasegawa
Kazuo Hasegawa

Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)

Utaemon Ichikawa
Utaemon Ichikawa

Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi

Yukichi Iwata
Yukichi Iwata

Kurobee Ōno

Hideo Fujino
Hideo Fujino

Hyobu

Sôjin Kamiyama
Sôjin Kamiyama

Kozukenosuke Kira

Kōkichi Takada
Kōkichi Takada

Sezaemon Oishi

Masao Hori
Masao Hori

Soemon Hara / Kusama Katsunosuke

Eigorō Onoe
Eigorō Onoe

Heihachiro Kobayashi

Kōtarō Bandō
Kōtarō Bandō

Shinzaemon Katsuta

Shoichi Nodera
Shoichi Nodera

Yahee Horibe

Hideo Takeda
Hideo Takeda

Gon'uemon Ōkubo

Key Crew

Teinosuke Kinugasa
Director
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Screenplay