The 47 Ronin | |
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Directed by | Kenji Mizoguchi |
Produced by | Shochiku |
Written by |
Seika Mayama (play) Kenichiro Hara Yoshikata Yoda (screenplay) |
Music by | Shirō Fukai |
Cinematography | Kōhei Sugiyama |
Distributed by | Shochiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo |
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223 min. 112 min. (part 1) 111 min. (part 2) |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The 47 Ronin (元禄 忠臣蔵 Genroku Chūshingura?, "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers of the Genroku era") is a 1941/1942 black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. The film chronicles the end of the lives of the forty-seven Ronin.
Actors in the film include: