The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958 film)
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The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵, Chūshingura) is a 1958 color jidaigeki (period drama) Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe. With box office earnings of ¥410 million, it was the most successful film of 1958 in Japan.[1] Furthermore, it was the second-highest-grossing film of the 1950s in Japan.[2]
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| The Loyal 47 Ronin | |
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| Directed by | Kunio Watanabe |
| Screenplay by | Kunio Watanabe Fuji Yahiro Masaharu Matsumura Toshio Tamikado |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Cinematography | Takashi Watanabe |
| Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Loyal 47 Ronin tells the true tale of a group of samurai who became rōnin (leaderless samurai) after their daimyō (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was compelled to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official, Kira Yoshinaka, who had insulted him. After carefully planning for over a year, they execute a daring assault on their sworn enemy's estate, and exact their revenge, knowing that they themselves would be forced to share their Lord's fate to atone for their crime.
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