Japan / Oct 22, 1994
2h 9min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Tatsuo Matsumura | Yahê Horibe |
| Hisashi Igawa | Okuda |
| Gaku Yamamoto | Chûzaemon Yoshida |
| Shigeru Kōyama | Jûnai Onodera |
| Isao Bitō | |
| Jun Hashizume | |
| Renji Ishibashi | Heihachirô Kobayashi |
| Saburo Ishikura | |
| Yuka Kono | |
| Hitomi Kuroki | |
| Misa Shimizu | |
| Yuko Kotegawa | |
| Kikunosuke Onoe V | |
| B-saku Satoh | |
| Michino Yokoyama | |
| Akiji Kobayashi | |
| Akira Kubo |
Genres
ActionDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 四十七人の刺客 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Toho Pictures, TOHO, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Suntory, Tokyo Laboratory |
| Release date | 22 ottobre 1994 |
| Executive producer | Jitsuzō Horiuchi, Seiji Urushido, 永井紀芳, 橋本利明, 高橋博, 酒井俊博, Hideyuki Takai, Toshio Hagiwara, 稲見宗孝 |
| Production | Hidehiko Takei, Yoshishige Shimatani, Jun'ichi Shindô, Hisao Nabeshima |
| Writer | Kaneo Ikegami, Yo Takeyama, Kon Ichikawa |
| Editing | Chizuko Osada |
| Cinematography | Yukio Isohata, 橋山直己 |
| Assistant directors | Toshimasa Miyamura, Kon Ichikawa, Kazumi Matsuzawa |
| Lighting | Kazuo Shimomura |
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| Camera operators | Yukio Isohata, 橋山直己 |
| Additional photography | Yukio Isohata, 橋山直己 |
| Production design | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Art direction | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Set decoration | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Music | Kensaku Tanikawa, Masao Iwase, Masatoshi Saito, Teiichi Saitô, Tetsuya Ohashi |
| Sound | Kensaku Tanikawa, Masao Iwase, Masatoshi Saito, Teiichi Saitô, Tetsuya Ohashi |
| Costume design | Ikuko Saito |
| Makeup | Ikuko Saito |
| Hairstyling | Ikuko Saito |
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