ChûshinguraMark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | action, drama, history |
Year | 1962 |
Country | Japan |
Premiere | |
Duration | 03:24 |
Storyline
The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.