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Chūshingura (忠臣蔵, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) is the title given to fictionalized accounts in Japanese literature, theater, and film that relate to the historical incident involving the forty-seven rōnin and their mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori.
Saegusa is best known for his opera version Chushingura of the well-known kabuki epic of the Forty-seven Ronin/Chūshingura with a libretto by the novelist Shimada Masahiko. Written over a period of 10 years, the opera was most recently performed at the New National Theatre, Tokyo in 2002.
The chiefest theme of Chūshingura is the code of bushido & loyalty, as exemplified by its protagonist, the chief retainer of the dead lord, Yuranosuke. [24] The retainers seek revenge for their lord even though they know no good will come of it, as Yuranosuke admits in Act 7:
The Loyal 47 Ronin (忠臣蔵, Chūshingura) is a 1958 color jidaigeki (period drama) Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe. With box office earnings of ¥410 million, it was the most successful film of 1958 in Japan. [1] Furthermore, it was the second-highest-grossing film of the 1950s in Japan. [2]
S.E.N.S. (センス) is a Japanese new-age instrumental group formed in 1988, originally with two members. The name stands for " Sound, Earth, Nature, and Spirit " based on their spiritual policy. They have produced many musical scores for TV dramas, documentaries, and movies in Japan, also making it into the anime scene with the score for ...
"Double-X"), a short film based on the manga series X by Clamp and set to X Japan's music. It features a slideshow of the manga's artwork set to a medley of X Japan's " Silent Jealousy ", " Kurenai " and "Endless Rain" and a music video for the song " X " directed by Shigeyuki Hayashi .
Akiko Shikata (志方あきこ, Shikata Akiko, born 7 January) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer, who is known for writing music for games and anime.She is best known for her contributions to the Ar tonelico, Shadow Hearts and Umineko no Naku Koro ni games, as well as anime adaptations of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Akatsuki no Yona and Tales of Symphonia.
Ninpō-chushingura (Japanese: 忍法忠臣蔵, Hepburn: Ninpō-chushingura) is a 1965 Japanese erotic jidaigeki film directed by Yasuto Hasegawa. The film deals with the revenge of the forty-seven rōnin. [1] It is based on Futaro Yamada's novel "Ninpō-chushingura". [2] [3] It is 3rd in Futaro Yamada's Kunoichi film series.