The 47 Loyal Ronin

Name: The 47 Loyal Ronin
Director: Shōzō Makino
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Released: 1910
Rating: 9
Cast: Matsunosuke Onoe, Ichinosuke Kataoka, Kitsuraku Arashi, Kijaku Ôtani, Ichitarô Kataoka

9/10

1910

1h 16m

Adventure

Drama

History

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.

Cast

Matsunosuke Onoe

Ichinosuke Kataoka

Kitsuraku Arashi

Kijaku Ôtani

Ichitarô Kataoka

Tomosaburo Otomo

Yoshio Mizutani

Director

Shōzō Makino

The 47 Loyal Ronin

Overview

Cast

Director

Status

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