The Loyal 47 Ronin

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jusaburo Bando

Kuranosuke Ôishi

Age : 67 | Popularity : 4%

Kazuo Hasegawa

Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Utaemon Ichikawa

Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi

Age : 95 | Popularity : 3%

Kōtarō Bandō

Shinzaemon Katsuta

Age : 70 | Popularity : 4%

Kōkichi Takada

Sezaemon Oishi

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Sôjin Kamiyama

Kozukenosuke Kira

Age : 70 | Popularity : 6%

Joji Oka

Yanagisawa

Age : 68 | Popularity : 5%

Yukichi Iwata

Kurobee Ōno

Age : 92 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Teinosuke Kinugasa
Directing	Director	Teinosuke Kinugasa
Department	Role	Name

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