Hiroshi InagakiCast
Koshiro Matsumoto 
Toshiro Mifune 
Yuzo Kayama
Credits
Written by: Toshio Yasumi
Plot
The forty-seven ronin avenge their master's forced suicide in eighteenth-century Japan.
Sinekatalog’s take
Hiroshi Inagaki's colourful epic retells the forty-seven ronin avenging their master, with Toshiro Mifune in a supporting role. Stately and lavish, it is a long, dignified take on Japan's national legend.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (2,414 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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