47 Ronin (1994)

Original title

四十七人の刺客

Directed by

Kon Ichikawa

Genre

samurai cinema, historical film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 12m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of masterless samurai plan and carry out a years-long revenge against a corrupt lord who wronged their former master. The film shows their careful preparations and the heavy price of their honor-bound mission.

epicsolemnstatelymethodicalgrittysomberretributiveperiod-authentic

What happens

47 Ronin (四十七人の刺客, Shijūshichinin no shikaku) is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is another version of the Chūshingura, the story of the revenge of the forty-seven rōnin of Ako against Lord Kira. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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