The Loyal 47 Ronin

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Sinossi in inglese

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.

Cast

J Jusaburo BandoKuranosuke Ôishi K Kazuo HasegawaAsano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi) U Utaemon IchikawaAwajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi Y Yukichi IwataKurobee Ōno H Hideo FujinoHyobu S Sôjin KamiyamaKozukenosuke Kira K Kōkichi TakadaSezaemon Oishi M Masao HoriSoemon Hara / Kusama Katsunosuke E Eigorō OnoeHeihachiro Kobayashi K Kōtarō BandōShinzaemon Katsuta S Shoichi NoderaYahee Horibe H Hideo TakedaGon'uemon Ōkubo

Mostra altri interpreti

J Jun AraiMiyauchi Saito E Eiji OshimotoChotaro Kasahara K Kashichi ShimadaTsunanori Uesugi I Ichiro YukiKato J Junosuke BandôEmoshichi Yatou S Shōzaburō MikawaKujuro Ono S Shojiro OgasawaraHasajiro M Misao SekiKoyama Y Yasurō ShigaJūbee Ōtake T Tetsu TsuboiGengoemon Kataoka S Sôroku KazamaIori Date K Kokuten KōdōUesugi Family Elder T Tatsuo SaitōKazuemon Fuwa T Tokuji KobayashiGenzaemon Tonomura S Shinichi HimoriTanuki K Kenji OyamaGengo Ôtaka K Kenichi MiyajimaKajikawa J Joji OkaYanagisawa S Shigeru OguraYuka S Shintarô TakiguchiСhikara Ôishi J Jūsaburō KisoMakodayu Okuda K Kinnosuke TakamatsuGenshirō Shindō K Kasuke Koizumiservant Ono K Kichimatsu NakamuraIkkaku Shimizu K Kaoru YamamotoYasuke (Kuranosuke's Servant) M Masatarō NakamuraKihei Asakura J Jushiro KobayashiYasube Horibe S Saburō SawaiHachirō S Subaru HirotaInokō H Haruo InoueMagokuro Mase K Kennosuke UnoChief Retainer Sōda Magobei R Ryutaro Nagaiservant S Shigeo ShizuyamaOishi Family Servant T Tokitsugu OgawaKansuke Nakamura T Takeo NagashimaYuichi Takebayashi Y Yoshito Yamajiprince Edokko K Kinnosuke MasakiCowardly Samurai R Ryoma KusukabeTozaemon Hayamizu Y Yoichi TakeuchiSanpei Kayano H Hiromitsu AokiGenzo Akahani Y Yūsaku TakayamaKira family attendant S Sôemon WadaChosuke Yagura I Ichiro MitsuiKouemon Onodera S Saburo ChibaKira's bodyguard K Kyōzō FuyukiYogoro Kanzaki F Fukumatsu NakamuraSukeuemon Kaiga T Tokiichiro OsakiSenpachi S Sumao IshiharaKajimura K Kōji Mitsui S Shozaburo Abe T Tomio Aokiboss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô) H Hideo SugawaraDaisaburō T Takao KataokaDaimyo Y Yoshiko KawadaOriku C Chōko IidaNui, Fuwa's wife U Utako SuzukiOrui's mother E Emiko YagumoTayu Ukihashi K Kinuyo TanakaYae H Hiroko KawasakiYōzen'in Y Yoshiko OkadaOrui S Sakiko YanagiToda no Tsubone A Akiko ChihayaKatsuta's Wife Hikari T Toshiko IizukaKozuma K Kimie KawakamiNobuka Geigi Y Yoshie NakagawaKuni