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Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki

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Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki
File:Chushingura English movie poster 1962.jpg
English language move poster, with Toshiro Mifune
Directed byHiroshi Inagaki
Produced byTomoyuki Tanaka
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Hiroshi Inagaki
Music byAkira Ifukube
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 3 November 1962 (1962-11-03) (Japan)[1]
Running time
207 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻, USA title: 47 Samurai; also known as Chushingura: 47 Samurai, Australia title: The 47 Ronin) is a 1962 color period drama Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.

Plot

Following their lord being forced to commit ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

Cast

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