Regie:
Hiroshi InagakiScenario:
八住利雄Camera:
Kazuo YamadaActeurs:
Yûzô Kayama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Setsuko Hara, Yōko Tsukasa, Mie Hama, Frankie Sakai, Norihei Miki, Kenji Sahara, Akira Kubo (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
In March 1701 the era of Japan's great civil wars has been over for a century, but the samurai warrior class lingers on. The new young lord, Asano (Yuzo Kayama), from the fierce country domain of Ako gracefully accepts his initiation into state duties in the capital of Edo. But the old Grand Master of Ceremonies, Kira (Chusha Ichikawa), betrays him when Lord Asano refused to bribe him for his advice on official etiquette. Enraged and humiliated by Kira's merciless greed. Asano draws his sword in the Shogun's palace, a capital offense. Kira suffers only a slight wound, but gloats over the mock trial that condemns Asano to ritual harakiri suicide. Ako's lands are assigned to a new lord, and its warriors become ronin, masterless samurai, with nowhere to go and no ancestral lord to serve. The outrage lives on in their hearts, but they are forbidden to act, under pain of death. Chamberlain Oishi (Koshiro Matsumoto), Asano's wise and loyal chief retainer, calms the others and urges them to obey in silence, as their day of revenge will come. They wait for Oishi's word. The succeeding months of secret fury, humiliation, self-sacrifice, poverty and planning reveal the Japanese virtue of personal loyalty in all its glory. When the faithful 47 arrive at the snowy day to avenge their lord's honor, each individual personality, from the stoical Oishi to the hotheaded, hard-drinking Tawaraboshi (Toshiro Mifune) has become a symbol of the samurai spirit. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
![Yûzô Kayama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/410/160410775_874eb7.jpg)
Yûzô Kayama
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Akahige (1965)
Tsubaki Sanjūrō (1962)
![Tatsuya Mihashi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274739_39fcde.jpg)
Tatsuya Mihashi
Japan
Beste films:
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
Biruma no tategoto (1956)
Warui jatsu hodo joku nemuru (1960)
![Toshirō Mifune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268053_2ff826.jpg)
Toshirō Mifune
China
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
![Takashi Shimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272248_eaa921.jpg)
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
![Setsuko Hara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/843/162843311_be49d5.jpg)
Setsuko Hara
Japan
Beste films:
Tókjó bošoku (1957)
Early Summer (1951)
Akibiyori (1960)
![Yōko Tsukasa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/640/102640863_49fc60.jpg)
Yōko Tsukasa
Japan
Beste films:
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
Jódžinbó (1961)
Akibiyori (1960)
![Mie Hama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906649_e6e702.jpg)
Mie Hama
Japan
Beste films:
Midaregumo (1967)
Čúšingura: Hana no maki – juki no maki (1962)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Frankie Sakai
Japan
Beste films:
Shogun (1980) (serie)
Čúšingura: Hana no maki – juki no maki (1962)
Bakumacu taijóden (1957)
Norihei Miki
Japan
Beste films:
Zatóiči (1989)
Narayama bushiko (1983)
Čúšingura: Hana no maki – juki no maki (1962)
Kenji Sahara
Japan
Beste films:
Čúšingura: Hana no maki – juki no maki (1962)
Mosura (1961)
Gojira (1954)
Akira Kubo
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Zatóiči (1989)
Tsubaki Sanjūrō (1962)
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Japan
Beste films:
Tsubaki Sanjūrō (1962)
Jódžinbó (1961)
Kumonosu-jô (1957)
![Kamatari Fujiwara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494628_76f9d4.jpg)
Kamatari Fujiwara
Japan
Beste films:
Tókjó bošoku (1957)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
![Susumu Fujita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271342_95544c.jpg)
Susumu Fujita
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
![Kiyoshi Kodama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/400/159400828_e8ab97.jpg)
Kiyoshi Kodama
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Čúšingura: Hana no maki – juki no maki (1962)
Steamboy (2004)
![Chieko Nakakita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272416_d7861f.jpg)
Chieko Nakakita
Beste films:
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Sóšun (1956)
Muhómacu no iššó (1958)
![Michiyo Aratama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279590_52b65e.jpg)
Michiyo Aratama
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Ningen no jôken III (1961)
Ningen no jôken I (1959)
![Daisuke Katō](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886513_8bb3e1.jpg)
Daisuke Katō
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Jódžinbó (1961)
![中村吉右衛門](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/003/162003668_9c4941.jpg)
中村吉右衛門
Japan
Beste films:
Zakuro zaka no adauči (2014)
Fuefukigawa (1960)
Čúšingura: Hana no maki – juki no maki (1962)
Reiko Dan
Japan
Beste films:
Akahige (1965)
Tsubaki Sanjūrō (1962)
Či to suna (1965)