- Country: Japan
- Genres: Action, Drama, History
- Release: 1963-10-03
- Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
- Writers: Toshio Yasumi
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Yûzô Kayama , Chûsha Ichikawa , Toshirō Mifune , Tatsuya Mihashi , Akira Takarada , Yōsuke Natsuki , Makoto Satō , Tadao Takashima , Seizaburō Kawazu , Takashi Shimura
- Runtime: 207 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Chushingura: 47 Samurai (United States of America) , Chushingura (South Africa) , The Loyal 47 Ronin , Chushingura (Canada) , 47 wiernych samurajów (Poland) , 47 Samurai (United States of America) , The 47 Ronin (Australia) , Os 47 Leais Ronin (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , 47 Ronin (Spain) , 47 Ronin , Chushingura (United Kingdom) , Chushingura: The Loyal 47 Retainers (United States of America) , Os Vingadores (Brazil) , Chushingura (United States of America) , Chûshingura , Lealtad (Mexico) , Chushingura , 47 ронинов , 忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻(1962) (Japan)
- Plot: A young lord attempts to combat the corruption endemic to the Shogunate bureaucracy, only to be placed in an impossible conflict of duties. He refuses to pay the "customary" bribe expected by a Chancellor sent from the Shogunate to teach him the etiquette for receiving envoys from the Emperor. In revenge, the Chancellor goads the lord into drawing his sword when the envoys are present, a crime punishable by death. The young lord is forced to commit ritual suicide for this crime. His vassals are ordered to turn over their lords estate for confiscation, forbidden to take revenge for their lords death, then disbanded as a clan. To obey the Shogun, the lords former samurai must follow those orders, but to be loyal to oaths they swore to their lord and have justice, they must avenge him. This conflict of obligations is the primary dilemma in Japanese society, which is why this story is considered their national epic. The story is richly woven and the film worth seeing for the gorgeous art works, buildings, and costumes of 18th century Japan alone. Written by Mike O'Brien
- IMDB:tt0055850
Chushingura Cast · · · ALL
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
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
Yōsuke Natsuki
Kinemon Okano
Makoto Satō
Kazuemon Fuwa
Tadao Takashima
Jyujiro Kan
Seizaburō Kawazu
Asano Official
Daisuke Katō
Kichiemon Terasaka
Keiju Kobayashi
Awajinokami Wakisake
Ryō Ikebe
Chikara Tsuchiya
Setsuko Hara
Riku Oishi
Yôko Tsukasa
Aguri Asano
Reiko Dan
Okaru
Yuriko Hoshi
Otsuya
Yumi Shirakawa
Ume
Kumi Mizuno
Saho
Mie Hama
Woman Refugee
Akira Kubo
Lord Date
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Daigaku Asano
Chûsha Ichikawa
Nami Tamura
Yôko Fujiyama