The Loyal 47 Ronin
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is a 1958 color Jidaigeki
(period drama) Japanese film
directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama" and is usually the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular...
(period drama) Japanese film
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
directed by Kunio Watanabe.
Cast
- Kazuo HasegawaKazuo Hasegawawas a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 290 films between 1927 and 1963.-Filmography:Filmography of Kazuo Hasegawa include :* also known as Crossroads, Crossways, Shadows of the Yoshiwara or Slums of Tokyo...
as Ōishi Kuranosuke (Ōishi YoshioOishi Yoshiowas the chamberlain of the Akō Domain in Harima Province , Japan . He is known as the leader of the Forty-seven Ronin in their 1702 vendetta and thus the hero of the Chūshingura...
) - Shintarō KatsuShintaro Katsu, born Toshio Okumura was a Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director...
as Genzō Akagaki - Kōji TsurutaKoji Tsurutawas a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 260 feature films.-Career:Born in Shizuoka Prefecture as Eiichi Ono, Tsuruta was studying at Kansai University when he was drafted into the Japanese Imperial Navy. After the war he joined Kōkichi Takada's theater troupe and made his film debut at Shochiku...
as Kin'emon Okano - Raizō IchikawaRaizo Ichikawawas a Japanese film and kabuki actor.He was born as Yoshiya Ōta in Kyoto on August 29, 1931.Ichikawa Raizō appeared mostly in period dramas . He is best known for the Sleepy Eyes of Death series, Ninja series and Nakano Spy School series...
as Takuminokami Asano - Machiko KyōMachiko Kyois a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She rose to extraordinary domestic praise in Japan for her work in two of the greatest Japanese films of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa's Rashōmon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu.Machiko trained to be a dancer before...
as Orui - Fujiko YamamotoFujiko Yamamotois a Japanese film and stage actress. She appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963. She is the winner of the first Grand Prix of Miss Japan in 1950.-Career:...
as Yōsen'in - Michiyo KogureMichiyo Kogurewas a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1939 and 1984. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as the headstrong housewife who begins to tire of her dull, earnest husband in The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice .-Selected filmography:* * Portrait of Madame Yuki (31...
as Ukihashi - Chikage AwashimaChikage Awashimaborn Keiko Nakagawa in Tokyo, 24 February 1924) is a Japanese actress who has been in films since the 1950s.- Filmography :* Tenya wanya * Early Summer * Nami * An Inlet of Muddy Water...
as Riku Ōishi - Ayako WakaoAyako Wakaois a Japanese actress. Contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group, she often appeared in the films of director Yasuzo Masumura...
as Osuzu - Yatarō KurokawaYataro Kurokawawas a Japanese film actor.-Filmography:Filmography of Yatarō Kurokawa include 228 films from 1935 to 1971:* Gate of Hell * Akō gishi * Asatarō garasu...
as Denpachirō Okado - Eiji FunakoshiEiji Funakoshiwas a Japanese actor. He received the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actor and the Mainichi Film Concours for Best Actor for his performance in Fires on the Plain.-Biography:...
as Tsunanori Uesugi - Eitarō Ozawa as Hyōbu Chisaka
- Takashi ShimuraTakashi Shimurawas a Japanese actor.He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan.His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy ....
as Jūbei Ōtake - Ganjiro NakamuraGanjiro NakamuraGanjiro Nakamura was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 48 films between 1957 and 1982. He starred in the film The End of Summer, which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival....
as Gorobei Kakimi - Chieko Higashiyama as Ōishi's mother Otaka
- Tamao NakamuraTamao Nakamurais a Japanese actress. She was married to Shintaro Katsu.-Filmography:* Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord * Flowery Brothers...
as Asano's maid Midori - Michiko Ai as Karumo
- Kazuko Wakamatsu as Osugi
- Aiko Mimasu as Toda
- Masao Shimizu as Dewanokami Yanagisawa
- Jun Tazaki as Ikkaku Shimizu
- Sonosuke Sawamura as Kazusanokami Sōda
- Yoshiro Kitahara as Jūjirō Hazama
- Kazuko Ichikawa as Chonmaru
- Gen Shimizu as Chūzaemon Yoshida
- Ichirō Amano as Mankichi
- Shinobu Araki as Yahei Horibe
- Teruyo Asagumo as Maki - Shioyama's wife
- Okuzan Asao as Jūnai Onodera
- Ryūnosuke Azuma
- Saburō Bōya as Genkichi
- Toshio Chiba as Heihachirō Yamaoka
- Saburō Date as Jūheiji Sugino
- Jun Fujikawa as Sonshirō Soeta
- Daisuke Fujima as Densuke Kurahashi
- Keiko Fujita as Momiji
- Ryūji Fukui
- Yoichi Funaki as Yogorō Kanzaki
- Yūshi Hamada
- Setsuko Hama as Yūnagi
- Tatsuo Hanabu as Heiemon Mugi
- Seishirō Hara as Heihachirō Kobayashi
- Fujio Harumoto as Ukyōdayū Tamura
- Akiko Hasegawa as Okū - Ōishi's daughter
- Riko Hasegawa as Kōbai
- Noriko Hodaka as Yūgiri
- Yukio Horikita as Shinpachirō Yamayoshi
- Kin'ya Ichikawa (Kinya Ichikawa)
- Sumao Ishihara
- Ryūichi Ishii as Tadashichi Takebayashi
- Tadashi Iwata as Jirōzaemon Mimura
- Ichirō Izawa as Isuke Maebara
- Ryōsuke Kagawa as Gengoemon Kataoka
- Kiyoshi Kasuga
- Kōichi Katsuragi as Sōemon Hara
- Hiroshi KawaguchiHiroshi KawaguchiHiroshi Kawaguchi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1956 and 1983. He was born in Tokyo, Japan.-Filmography:Filmography of Hiroshi Kawaguchi include:...
as Chikara Ōishi - Keizo Kawasaki as Shinzaemon Katsuta
- Masayoshi Kikuno as Heidayū Waku
- Reiko Kongō
- Keiko Koyanagi
- Kappei Matsumoto as Yosobei Kajikawa
- Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka as Yoichiemon Sudō
- Bontarō Miake as carpenter Masagorō
- Shōzō Nambu as Hikoemon Yasui
- Jun NegamiJun Negamiwas a Japanese actor.- Filmography :Played in 128 films:* 猛獣使いの少女 Mōjū tsukai no shōjo * * The Loyal 47 Ronin -References:...
as Sagaminokami Tsuchiya - Tokio Oki
- Teruko Ōmi as Oume
- Eigoro Onoe as Yaichirō Niimi
- Mitsusaburō Ramon as Riemon Torii
- Ichirō Ryūzaki as Izaemon Shioyama
- Shintarō Saijō as Sakyōnosuke Date
- Yū Sakurai
- Yasuhiko Shima as Kyūnoshin Aoki
- Ryūji Shinagawa as Gengo Ōtaka
- Kinzō Shin as Kurobei Ōno
- Kenji Sugawara as Awajinokami Wakisaka
- Shōsaku Sugiyama as Kazuemon Fuwa
- Kimiko Tachibana as Oyae
- Ichirō Takakura as Matanojō Shiota
- Hideo Takamatsu as Yajirō Sekine
- Hisako Takihana as Emoshichi's mother
- Osamu TakizawaOsamu Takizawawas a Japanese actor. He was born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater, Takizawa participated in a number of theatrical troupes before forming Gekidan Mingei with Jūkichi Uno. His was praised for his performance in Death of a Salesman and also directed a version of The...
as Kōzukenosuke Kira - Kazue Tamaoki as Kanroku Chikamatsu
- Yūsaku Terajima as Tachū Matsubara
- Kan Ueda as Newspaper seller
- Shōji Umewaka as Emoshichi Yatō
- Yōko Uraji as Yae - Katsuta's mother
- Mantarō Ushio as Kinta
- Yōko Wakasugi as Oguruma
- Fumihiko Yokoyama as Kichiemon Terasaki
See also
- Forty-seven RoninForty-seven RoninThe revenge of the , also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, or the took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century...
- The 47 RoninThe 47 Roninis a 1941/1942 black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.The first part was originally released in Japan just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The film was directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, and adapted from the play by Seika Mayama...
(元禄忠臣蔵, Genroku chushingura) - 1941 film by Kenji MizoguchiKenji MizoguchiKenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène... - Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki - 1962 film
- Nagadosu chūshingura, 1962 action film
- DaichūshinguraDaichushingurais a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same year. The NET network broadcast it in the Tuesday evening 9:00–9:56 prime-time slot in Japan.The series featured an...
(大忠臣蔵, Daichūshingura) - 1971 television dramatization - The Fall of Ako CastleThe Fall of Ako Castleis a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film, directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the Forty-seven Ronin...
(赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) (aka Swords Of Vengeance) - 1978 film by Kinji FukasakuKinji Fukasakuwas a Japanese film actor, screenwriter, and best known as a celebrated and innovative filmmaker. He was born in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, and died in Tokyo, from prostate cancer...
External links
http://www.raizofan.net/link4/movie3/chushin.htm- http://www.raizofan.net/eng/emovie2/emovie42.htm http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1958/ch001420.htm