The 47 Loyal Ronin (1910)
忠臣蔵
Overview
An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.
What is The 47 Loyal Ronin about?
An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo. The 47 Loyal Ronin is a Adventure, Drama, History movie, released on 1910-12-01, runtime 76 minutes.
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Directed by
Shōzō Makino
Cast
- Matsunosuke Onoe as Oishi Kuranosuke / Asano Takuminokami / Shimizu Ikkaku
- Ichinosuke Kataoka as Kira Kozukenosuke
- Kitsuraku Arashi as Tachibana Sakon / Terasaka Kichiemon / Waku Handayu / Kataoka Gengoemon
- Kijaku Ôtani as Wakisaka Awajinokami / Murakami Kiken / Noodle shop owner
- Ichitarô Kataoka as Oishi Chikara / Noddle shop man's son / Kobakashi Heihachiro
- Tomosaburo Otomo as Ukihashi Tayu
- Yoshio Mizutani as Oriku, Oishi's wife
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