The Loyal 47 Ronin
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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
Released Date: 1932-12-01
Runtime: 139 mins
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Loyal 47 Ronin
Production Companies: Shochiku Kinema (Kamata), Shochiku
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Jusaburo Bando
Kazuo Hasegawa
Utaemon Ichikawa
Yukichi Iwata
Hideo Fujino
Sôjin Kamiyama
Kōkichi Takada
Masao Hori
Eigorō Onoe
Kōtarō Bandō
Shoichi Nodera
Hideo Takeda
Jun Arai
Eiji Oshimoto
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