Akō gishi (1954)

Directed by

Ryohei Arai

Genre

drama film, samurai cinema

Country

Japan

How it feels

This is a story about a group of samurai from the Ako domain. They plot to avenge their lord's forced suicide after a court insult.

statelysomberstoicdeliberateloyalhistorically groundedformalatmospheric

What happens

Akō gishi (赤穂義士; literally, "virtuous men of Ako") is a 1954 Japanese black-and-white period drama (jidaigeki) directed by Ryohei Arai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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