The 47 Loyal Ronin (1910)
An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.
- Released
- 1910-12-01
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Shōzō Makino
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Matsunosuke Onoe as Oishi Kuranosuke / Asano Takuminokami / Shimizu Ikkaku
- Ichinosuke Kataoka as Kira Kozukenosuke
- Kitsuraku Arashi as Tachibana Sakon / Terasaka Kichiemon / Waku Handayu / Kataoka Gengoemon
- Kijaku Ôtani as Wakisaka Awajinokami / Murakami Kiken / Noodle shop owner
- Ichitarô Kataoka as Oishi Chikara / Noddle shop man's son / Kobakashi Heihachiro
- Tomosaburo Otomo as Ukihashi Tayu
- Yoshio Mizutani as Oriku, Oishi's wife
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