47 RONIN-PART 1 & 2 [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1941
• Genre: Action, Foreign
• Plot: On March I 4. 1701. in the royal capital of Edo. Lord Asano is goaded into attacking the higher ranking Lord Kiru while on sacred ground. As a result of this grave offense. Asano is told to commit hara-kiri, his house is abolished and his properties abandoned. But 47 of Asanos samurai retainers vow vengeance upon Lord Kiru. Carrying out this year-long plot, however, comes at a terrible price, for they ultimately will have to take their own lives, in order not to dishonor Asanos memory. The Japanese military commissioned director Kenji Mizoguchi (Llgecsu) to make THE 47 RONIN — they wanted a ferocious morale booster based on the familiar story of The Loyal 47 Ronin, Instead. Mizoguchi chose for his source Moyamo Chushnguro. a cerebral play dealing with the story, and he created one of the most poetic. complex, and visually stunning films of the war. THE 47 RONIN, however, was a commercial failure - released In Japan one week before Pearl Harbor, the military and most audiences found the first part to be too serious, but the studio and Mizoguchi both regarded it as so important that Part Two was put into production despite Part One’s lukewarm reception. Renowned by postwar scholars lucky enough to have seen it in Japan, THE 47 RONIN wasn’t shown In America until the 1970s.
• Cast: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Kan'emon Nakamura, Kunitarô Kawarazaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Chôemon Bandô, Sukezô Sukedakaya, Kikunojo Segawa, Shotaro Ichikawa, Enji Ichikawa, Kikunosuke Ichikawa, Shinzô Yamazaki, Sensho Ichikawa, Shoji Ichikawa, Iwagoro Ichikawa, Shinzaburo Ichikawa, Harunosuke Bandô, Kimisaburô Nakamura, Minoru Bando, Ginjirô Bandô, Tokusaburo Arashi, Tokujirô Tsutsui, Seiichi Katô, Ryôtarô Kawanami, Jôji Kaieda, Hiroshi Ôuchi, Rokurô Ôkawa, Ryu Okochi, Mitsusaburô Ramon, Isamu Kosugi, Kazutoyo Mimasu, Masao Shimizu, Tetsu Tsuboi, Yoshindo Yamaji, Aizo Tamashima, Mitsuaki Minami, Haruo Inoue, Tomiemon Otomo, Kiyoshi Kagawa, Yuzuru Kume, Chiyotaro Sawamura, Toshio Arashi, Shôichirô Ichikawa, Utaemon Ichikawa, Mitsuko Miura, Sugako Takimi, Kazuko Okada, Fumiko Yamaji, Michiyo Kyômachi, Yasuko Mitsui, Shizue Yamagishi, Daisuke Katô, Seizaburô Kawazu, Tsuruzô Nakamura, Mieko Takamine, Yôko Umemura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kenichiro Hara, Seika Mayama, Yoshikata Yoda
• Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
• Runtime: 3:42
• Company: Janus Films, Image Entertainment
• Media Format: movie