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.
Toshirō Mifune | Genba Tawaraboshi | |
Takashi Shimura | Hyobu Chishaka | |
Tatsuya Mihashi | Yasubei Horibe | |
Hakuô Matsumoto | Chamberlain Kuranosuke Oishi | |
Yûzô Kayama | Lord Naganori Asano | |
Akira Takarada | Gunpei Takada |
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