This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
as Oishi Kuranosuke
as Fuwa Kazuemon
as Kobayashi Heihachiro
as Asano
as Ukibashi
as Hashimoto Heizaemon
as Denhachiro Tamon
as Shikibe
as Yajuemon
as Kurobei Ohno
as Tsuchiya Michinao
as Hatsu Hashimoto
as Kira
as Yahei Horibe
as Yasubei Horibe
as Akuri
as Jujiro
as Todano tsubone
as Kato
as Osen
as Daigagu Asano
as Riku Ohishi
as Tokubei
as Yagashira
as Torii
as Narrator
as Shino Ohtaka
as Uesugi
as Yanagisawa
as Gengo Ohtaka
as Araki
as Uemon
as Yamada
as Date Sakyōnosuke
