The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1932
2h 19min

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.

The Loyal 47 Ronin

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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.
    Released
    3/1/1932
    Runtime
    2h 19min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Japanese
    Production
    Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)
Cast
Jusaburo Bando
Jusaburo Bando
Kuranosuke Ôishi
Kazuo Hasegawa
Kazuo Hasegawa
Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Utaemon Ichikawa
Utaemon Ichikawa
Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi
Kōtarō Bandō
Kōtarō Bandō
Shinzaemon Katsuta
Kōkichi Takada
Kōkichi Takada
Sezaemon Oishi
Sôjin Kamiyama
Sôjin Kamiyama
Kozukenosuke Kira
Joji Oka
Joji Oka
Yanagisawa
Yukichi Iwata
Yukichi Iwata
Kurobee Ōno
Hideo Fujino
Hideo Fujino
Hyobu
Shintarô Takiguchi
Shintarô Takiguchi
Сhikara Ôishi
Eigorō Onoe
Eigorō Onoe
Heihachiro Kobayashi
Shoichi Nodera
Shoichi Nodera
Yahee Horibe
Haruo Takeda
Haruo Takeda
Gon'uemon Ōkubo
Jun Arai
Miyauchi Saito
Eiji Oshimoto
Eiji Oshimoto
Chotaro Kasahara
Kashichi Shimada
Kashichi Shimada
Tsunanori Uesugi
Ichiro Yuki
Ichiro Yuki
Kato
Junosuke Bandô
Junosuke Bandô
Emoshichi Yatou
Misao Seki
Misao Seki
Koyama
Yasurō Shiga
Yasurō Shiga
Jūbee Ōtake
Tetsu Tsuboi
Gengoemon Kataoka
Kokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō
Uesugi Family Elder
Tatsuo Saitō
Tatsuo Saitō
Kazuemon Fuwa
Tokuji Kobayashi
Tokuji Kobayashi
Genzaemon Tonomura
Shinichi Himori
Shinichi Himori
Tanuki
Kenji Oyama
Kenji Oyama
Gengo Ôtaka
Kenichi Miyajima
Kenichi Miyajima
Kajikawa
Shigeru Ogura
Shigeru Ogura
Yuka
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Genshirō Shindō
Kasuke Koizumi
Kasuke Koizumi
servant Ono
Jushiro Kobayashi
Yasube Horibe
Saburō Sawai
Hachirō
Subaru Hirota
Inokō
Ryutaro Nagai
servant
Sumao Ishihara
Kajimura
Shozaburo Abe
Kozo Ikariko
Yoshito Yamaji
Yoshito Yamaji
prince Edokko
Tomio Aoki
Tomio Aoki
boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)
Hideo Sugawara
Hideo Sugawara
Daisaburō
Hiroko Kawasaki
Hiroko Kawasaki
Yōzen'in
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Yae
Yoshiko Okada
Yoshiko Okada
Orui
Yoshiko Kawada
Yoshiko Kawada
Oriku
Chōko Iida
Chōko Iida
Nui, Fuwa's wife
Utako Suzuki
Utako Suzuki
Orui's mother
Akiko Chihaya
Akiko Chihaya
Katsuta's Wife Hikari
Kimie Kawakami
Nobuka Geigi
Yoshie Nakagawa
Yoshie Nakagawa
Kuni
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