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47 Samurai
- Original title
- Chushingura
- Year
- 1962
- Gender
- Drama , History
- Director
- Hiroshi Inagaki
- Country
- Japan
- Details
- 206 minutes / colored / sound
Synopsis
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.
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