Chushingura: The Truth (1928)

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Runtime : 1H 4M

Director : Shōzō Makino

Synopsis

Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He was young and slightly inexperienced, so Lord Kira Kozuke-no suke Yoshinako was given the task of instructing Lord Asano in the customs of the ceremony. On the day of the reception, something went terrible wrong, and Lord Asano attempted to kill Lord Kira. For this, Lord Asano was order to commit seppuku. However, in violation of existing law, Lord Kira was not punished. The ruling Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi eventually confiscated Lord Asano's land and dismissed the samurai that had served him so faithfully, effectively making them all ronin. Two years later, Oishi Kuranosuke Yoshi led a group of samurai loyal to Lord Asano in an attack on Kira's compound. Their aim was to capture and kill him.

Actors

Kaoru Akiyoshi
Kaoru Akiyoshi
Jinichi Amano
Jinichi Amano
Shinobu Araki
Shinobu Araki
Seiichi Arao
Seiichi Arao
Kan Arashi
Kan Arashi
Kanjūrō Arashi
Kanjūrō Arashi
Kankichirô Arashi
Kankichirô Arashi
Kanzaburo Arashi
Kanzaburo Arashi
Shirô Arimura
Shirô Arimura
Rokusuke Fujii
Rokusuke Fujii
Masayoshi Fujioka
Masayoshi Fujioka
Masaru Hanabusa
Masaru Hanabusa
Yuriko Hanaoka
Yuriko Hanaoka
Kôzô Harada
Kôzô Harada
Kô Hirota
Kô Hirota

Crews

Shōzō Makino
Shōzō Makino
Director
Shōtarō Saijō
Shōtarō Saijō
Writer
Itarō Yamagami
Itarō Yamagami
Writer
Shōzō Makino
Shōzō Makino
Producer
Jûzô Tanaka
Jûzô Tanaka
Director of Photography