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忠臣蔵

忠臣蔵

(1932)

Overview

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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  1. Director : Teinosuke Kinugasa
  2. Cast : Jusaburo Bando,Kazuo Hasegawa,Utaemon Ichikawa,Yukichi Iwata,Hideo Fujino,Sôjin Kamiyama,Kōkichi Takada,Masao Hori,Eigorō Onoe,Kōtarō Bandō,Shoichi Nodera,Hideo Takeda,Jun Arai,Eiji Oshimoto,Kashichi Shimada,Ichiro Yuki,Junosuke Bandô,Shōzaburō Mikawa,Shojiro Ogasawara,Misao Seki,Yasurō Shiga,Tetsu Tsuboi,Sôroku Kazama,Kokuten Kōdō,Tatsuo Saitō,Tokuji Kobayashi,Shinichi Himori,Kenji Oyama,Kenichi Miyajima,Joji Oka,Shigeru Ogura,Shintarô Takiguchi,Jūsaburō Kiso,Kinnosuke Takamatsu,Kasuke Koizumi,Kichimatsu Nakamura,Kaoru Yamamoto,Masatarō Nakamura,Jushiro Kobayashi,Saburō Sawai,Subaru Hirota,Haruo Inoue,Kennosuke Uno,Ryutaro Nagai,Shigeo Shizuyama,Tokitsugu Ogawa,Takeo Nagashima,Yoshito Yamaji,Kinnosuke Masaki,Ryoma Kusukabe,Yoichi Takeuchi,Hiromitsu Aoki,Yūsaku Takayama,Sôemon Wada,Ichiro Mitsui,Saburo Chiba,Kyōzō Fuyuki,Fukumatsu Nakamura,Tokiichiro Osaki,Sumao Ishihara,Kōji Mitsui,Shozaburo Abe,Tomio Aoki,Hideo Sugawara,Takao Kataoka,Yoshiko Kawada,Chōko Iida,Utako Suzuki,Emiko Yagumo,Kinuyo Tanaka,Hiroko Kawasaki,Yoshiko Okada,Sakiko Yanagi,Akiko Chihaya,Toshiko Iizuka,Kimie Kawakami,Yoshie Nakagawa

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Original Title忠臣蔵

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1932-12-01

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 02h 19m

Production CompaniesShochiku Kinema (Kamata),Shochiku

Genres

  • Drama

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