Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki
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is a 1956 color Japanese film
directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
It is a samurai film
telling the story of the Forty-seven Ronin
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Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
It is a samurai film
Samurai cinema
While earlier samurai period pieces were more dramatic rather than action-based, samurai movies post World War II have become more action-based, with darker and more violent characters. Post-war samurai epics tended to portray psychologically or physically scarred warriors. Akira Kurosawa stylized...
telling the story of the Forty-seven Ronin
Forty-seven Ronin
The revenge of the , also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, or the took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century...
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Cast
- Chiezō KataokaChiezo Kataokawas a Japanese actor. Born in 1903 in Gunma Prefecture, he was raised in Tokyo. His first starring role in a film was in 1923. Specializing in jidaigeki, he played the lead in various films before and during World War II. After the war, he eventually joined Toei...
- (月形龍之介)
- (薄田研二)
- (堀雄二)
- (原健策)
- and others