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In 1941 the Japanese military commissioned director Kenji Mizoguchi to make The 47 Ronin. They wanted a ferocious morale booster based upon the familiar rekishi geki ("historical drama") of "The Loyal 47 Ronin". Instead, Mizoguchi chose for his source Mayama Chushingura, a cerebral play dealing with the story.
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 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]
Chushingura and the Samurai Tradition – Comparisons of the accuracy of accounts by Mitford, Murdoch and others, as well as much other useful material, by noted scholars of Japan Ako's Forty-Seven Samurai – Web site produced by students at Akō High School; contains the story of the 47 ronin's story, and images of wooden votive tablets of ...
The 47 Ronin (元禄 忠臣蔵, Genroku Chūshingura, "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers of the Genroku Era") is a black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. [3]
Chushingura was distributed by Toho in Japan on November 3, 1962. [1] The film was Toho's fourth highest-grossing film of 1962 and was the 10th highest-grossing film in Japan that year. [4] The film was released by Toho International with English subtitles and an English narration by Michael Higgins with a 108-minute running time on October 10 ...
Crest of Betrayal, known in Japan as Chūshingura Gaiden: Yotsuya Kaidan (Japanese: 忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談, "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers Side Story: Yotsuya Ghost Story"), is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Daichūshingura (大忠臣蔵) (Dai Chushingura) is a Japanese 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. [2]