The 47 Loyal Ronin - MovieDB Browser

1910 9.0 (1 votes) 1h 16m

Genres

Adventure Drama History

Production Companies

Yoshizawa Shoten
Nikkatsu Corporation
Yokota Shokai

The 47 Loyal Ronin (忠臣蔵)

Overview

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.

Key Crew

Director: Shōzō Makino

Top Cast

Matsunosuke Onoe

Oishi Kuranosuke / Asano Takuminokami / Shimizu Ikkaku

Ichinosuke Kataoka

Kira Kozukenosuke

Kitsuraku Arashi

Tachibana Sakon / Terasaka Kichiemon / Waku Handayu / Kataoka Gengoemon

Kijaku Ôtani

Wakisaka Awajinokami / Murakami Kiken / Noodle shop owner

Ichitarô Kataoka

Oishi Chikara / Noddle shop man's son / Kobakashi Heihachiro

Tomosaburo Otomo

Ukihashi Tayu

Yoshio Mizutani

Oriku, Oishi's wife

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