| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 222 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
034200 |
| Note |
Based on the Kabuki play-cycle Kanakehon Chushingura, by Izumo Takeda, Shoraku Miyoshi, and Senryu Namiki. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941 and 1942. |
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Cataloging information from disc label and case. |
| Contents |
Attack! -- The judgment -- Tamura's mansion -- No mercy -- The verdict -- Watiing -- You hasty man! -- Oishi's home -- Bad news -- Edo castle -- The attack -- Have you decided? -- Asano's residence -- Oishi's poems -- Hosokawa's mansion -- The favor -- The message. |
| Summary |
Their lord having been tricked into commiting suicide by a corrupt elder court official, a group of 47 samurai who have been forced to become ronin nurse their anger and outrage, each becoming the personification of the samurai spirit, until the time is right to avenge their dead lord's honor. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In Japanese with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Historical films.
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Samurai films.
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Japan -- History -- Akō Vendetta, 1703 -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
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Takeda, Izumo, 1691-1756.
Kana-dehon Chūshingura.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Music No. |
ID4541JFDVD Image Entertainment |
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