Description
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.
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Release Date1932
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Runtime2 hr 19 min
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Languageja
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Rating0 (0)
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Genres
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DirectorTeinosuke Kinugasa
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Cast三代目 阪東壽三郎長谷川一夫市川右太衛門岩田祐吉藤野秀夫Sôjin Kamiyama高田浩吉堀正夫尾上栄五郎坂東好太郎野寺正一武田春郎新井淳押本映二Kashichi Shimada結城一朗Junosuke Bandô実川正三郎小笠原章二郎関操志賀靖郎坪井哲Sôroku Kazama高堂国典斎藤達雄小林十九二日守新一大山健二宮島健一岡譲司小倉繁滝口新太郎喜曽十三郎高松錦之助小泉嘉助Kichimatsu NakamuraKaoru YamamotoMasatarô Nakamura小林重四郎沢井三郎Subaru Hirota井上晴夫Kennosuke Uno永井柳太郎静山繁男小川時次長島武夫山路義人Kinnosuke MasakiRyoma KusukabeYoichi TakeuchiHiromitsu Aoki高山雄作Sôemon Wada三井一郎千葉三郎冬木京三Fukumatsu NakamuraTokiichiro Osaki石原須磨男三井弘次阿部正三郎青木富夫菅原秀雄十五代目 片岡仁左衛門Yoshiko Kawada飯田蝶子鈴木歌子八雲恵美子田中絹代川崎弘子岡田嘉子Sakuko Yanagi千早晶子飯塚敏子Kimie Kawakami中川芳江
