The 47 Ronin
The 47 Ronin
The 47 Ronin
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1941
3h 43m
6.9(76 votes)
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In the early 18th-century, Lord Takuminokami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Kira. Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the Lord's dishonour. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi seeks to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses, and Oishi and 46 rōnin are out for revenge.

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四代目 河原崎長十郎

Kuranosuke Oishi

四代目 河原崎長十郎
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三代目 中村翫右衛門

Sukeimon Tomimori

三代目 中村翫右衛門
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五代目 河原崎國太郎

Jurozaemon Isogai

五代目 河原崎國太郎
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坂東調右衛門

Sozaemon Hara

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六代目 瀬川菊之丞

Gengo Ootaka

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市川右太衛門

Tsunatoyo Tokugawa

市川右太衛門
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Yoshizaburo Arashi

Lord Takuminokami Asano

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加東大介

Fuwa Kazuemon

加東大介
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河津清三郎

Lord Etchumori Hosokawa

河津清三郎
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Mantoyo Mimasu

Kozunosuke Kira

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三浦光子

Yosenin

三浦光子
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高峰三枝子

Omino

高峰三枝子
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助高屋助蔵

Chuemon Yoshida

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市川笑太郎

Yahei Horibe

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Kikunosuke Ichikawa

Gengoemon Kataoka

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Enji Ichikawa

Tadashichi Takebayashi

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Shinzo Yamazaki

Seimon Ooishi

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市川扇升

Matsunosuke Ooishi

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Shoji Ichikawa

Magoemon Seo

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Iwagoro Ichikawa

Fujiemon Hayamizu

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Shinzaburo Ichikawa

Matanosuke Ushioda

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Harunosuke Bando

Monzaemon Izeki

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Kimisaburo Nakamura

Jûemon Namase

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Minoru Bando

Fujiemon Ootsuka

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Ginjiro Bando

Saemon Kishi

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六代目 嵐徳三郎

Shôgen Okuno

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Tokujiro Tsutsui

Kurôemon Oono

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加藤精一

Jûnai Onodera

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Ryôtarô Kawanami

Yasoemon Okajima

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海江田譲二

Yasubee Horibe

海江田譲二
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Hiroshi Ôuchi

Sanpei Sugano

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Rokurô Ôkawa

Kanroku Chiakamatsu

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Ryu Okochi

Magomeon Okuda

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羅門光三郎

Tokubee Izeki

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小杉勇

Denpachirô Tamon

小杉勇
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Kazutoyo Mimasu

Kôzunosuke Kira

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清水将夫

Ecchûmori Katô

清水将夫
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坪井哲

Chikugomori Shindô

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山路義人

Yosôemon Kajikawa

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玉島愛造

Munechikaemon Fukami

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南光明

Heihachirô Kondô

南光明
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井上春生

Jûemon Kurusu

井上春生
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四代目 中村雀右衛門

Genemon Ookubo

四代目 中村雀右衛門
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Kiyoshi Kagawa

Ukyô Tamura

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久米譲

Tsushimamori Inagaki

久米譲
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Chiyotaro Sawamura

Sekihisa

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Shingorō Nakamura

Unknown Role

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Toshio Arashi

Tokuya Noborikawa

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Shoichiro Ichikawa

Ryôhaku Ishii

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Sugako Takimi

Ukihashi

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Kazuko Okada

Ume

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山路ふみ子

Okiyo

山路ふみ子
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Michiyo Kyomachi

Oyû

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Yasuko Mitsui

Okura

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河原崎しづ江

Oriku

河原崎しづ江
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Tsuruzo Nakamura

Unknown Role

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梅村蓉子

Unknown Role

梅村蓉子

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