Film

元祿美少年記 (1955)

• 21 december 1955
• 1u 47m

Overzicht

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence. When news of his lord, Asano Naganori, attacking Kira Yoshinaka in the palace reached Akō, Uemon no Shichi was sixteen. The family elder, Ōishi Kuranosuke, determined to avenge, gathered allies, but Uemon no Shichi's father, Chōsuke, being sickly and considered too young, was not included. Chōsuke committed suicide.

Regisseurs

伊藤大輔, 長岡博之

Scenaristen

八尋不二

Met in de hoofdrol

中村嘉葎雄, 三井弘次, 市川春代