CHUSHINGURA -
The 2004 TV Mini-Series
Cast : MATSUDAIRA Ken, ITO Shiro, TANAKA Yoshiko, SAWAMURA Kazuki,
TSUGAWA Masahiko
Directed by : SAITO Mitsumasa
Chushingura is actually better known as the tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin. It is
a prototypical Japanese story. Described by one noted Japan scholar as the
country's "national legend", it recounts the most famous case involving the
samurai code of honor, bushido, and vividly expresses a significant part of the
traditional Japanese world-view.
The story tells of a group of samurai who were
left leaderless (became ronin) after their master, Lord Asano (Sawamura Ikki)
was forced to commit ritual suicide for assaulting a court official, Lord Kira (Ito
Shiro), who earlier insulted him. Oshishi Kuranosuke (Matsudaira Ken) leads the
ronin in an effort to seek revenge for their beloved Lord's wrongful death.
This box
contains all 9 episodes.
2004 - Color - Fullscreen - 4 Discs
Japanese with English Subtitles.
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