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47 Ronin (1994 film)


FieldValue
name47 Ronin
image47 Ronin 1994 poster.jpg
captionTheatrical poster
directorKon Ichikawa
producerJitsuzo Horiuchi
Toshio Nabeshima
Jun'ichi Shindô
writerKon Ichikawa
Hiroshi Takeyama
based_on
starring{{plainlist
musicKensaku Tanikawa
cinematographyYukio Isohata
editingChizuko Osada
distributorToho
released
runtime132 minutes
countryJapan
languageJapanese

Toshio Nabeshima Jun'ichi Shindô Hiroshi Takeyama

  • Ken Takakura
  • Kiichi Nakai
  • Rie Miyazawa
  • Koichi Iwaki
  • Ryudo Uzaki
  • Atsuo Nakamura
  • Nenji Kobayashi
  • Kō Nishimura
  • Kōji Ishizaka
  • Ruriko Asaoka
  • Hisaya Morishige

47 Ronin is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is another version of the Chūshingura, the story of the revenge of the forty-seven rōnin of Ako against Lord Kira.

Plot

The story of the forty-seven rōnin has been depicted in many ways, with each version focusing the emphasis on different parts of the story: the rivalry of Lords Asano and Kira, Asano's assault on Kira, Asano's sentence of seppuku immediately afterward, and the revenge attack twenty-one months later against Kira by the forty-seven loyal retainers. Oishi Kuranosuke, Asano's chamberlain and the head of the 47 samurai, is often the primary character, and his actions are often held up as the epitome of bushido, the honor code of the samurai.

In this telling, the emphasis is on the preparation for and the attack on Kira's castle. The immediate reactions to Lord Asano's assault on Lord Kira are shown in flashback, and Lord Asano and the actual assault are barely shown at all. Unlike other versions of the story, Oishi does not pretend to descend into a life of debauchery, and Kira is portrayed as knowing of the attack in advance.

Cast

  • Ken Takakura ... Ōishi Kuranosuke
  • Kiichi Nakai ... Matashirō Irobe
  • Koichi Iwaki ... Kazuemon Fuwa
  • Ryudo Uzaki ... Yasubei Horibe
  • Tatsuo Matsumura ... Yahei Horibe
  • Misa Shimizu ... Hori
  • Koichi Iwaki ... Fuwa Kazuemon
  • Onoe Ushinosuke VI ... Chikara Ōishi
  • Atsuo Nakamura ... Hara Sōemon
  • Shigeru Kōyama ... Onodera Junai
  • Hisashi Igawa ... Okuda Magodayou
  • Akiji Kobayashi ... Ōno Kurobei
  • Jun Hashizume ... Asano Takuminokami
  • Nenji Kobayashi ... Shindo Genshiro
  • Kō Nishimura ... Kira Yoshinaka
  • Kōji Ishizaka ... Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
  • Ruriko Asaoka ... Riku
  • Hisaya Morishige ... Chisaka

Accolades

Won

  • Tokyo International Film Festival 1994:
    • Special Jury Prize: (Kon Ichikawa)
  • Hochi Film Awards 1994:
    • Best Supporting Actor: (Kiichi Nakai)
  • Asia-Pacific Film Festival 1995:
    • Best Music: (Kensaku Tanikawa)
  • Awards of the Japanese Academy 1995:
    • Best Art Direction: (Yoshirō Muraki)
    • Best Editing: (Chizuko Osada)
    • Best Sound: (Tetsuya Ohashi)
    • Best Supporting Actor: (Kiichi Nakai)
  • Kinema Junpo Awards 1995:
    • Best Supporting Actor: (Kiichi Nakai)
  • Mainichi Film Concours 1995:
    • Readers' Choice Award — Best Film: (Kon Ichikawa)

Nominated

  • Awards of the Japanese Academy 1995:
    • Best Actor: (Ken Takakura)
    • Best Cinematography: (Yukio Isohata)
    • Best Director: (Kon Ichikawa)
    • Best Film
    • Best Lighting: (Kazuo Shimomura)
    • Best Music Score: (Kensaku Tanikawa)
    • Best Screenplay: (Kon Ichikawa, Kaneo Ikegami & Hiroshi Takeyama)

References

References

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  2. "47人の刺客". kotobank.
  3. "47人の刺客". 市川コンcom.
  4. "47人の刺客". [[Kinema Junpo]].
  5. "47人の刺客". [[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] 映画情報システム.
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