--- title: 'The 47 Ronin (1941)' type: 'film' director: 'Kenji Mizoguchi' released: '1941-12-01' runtime_minutes: 223 countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-47-ronin-1941' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033654/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The 47 Ronin (1941) 1941 · 223 min · Japan Original title: 元禄忠臣蔵 ## Synopsis The 47 Ronin is a black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. The first part was released on December 1, 1941, with the second part being released on February 11 of the following year. The film depicts the legendary forty-seven Ronin and their plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku. ## Credits - **Director:** [Kenji Mizoguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-mizoguchi) - **Screenplay:** [Yoshikata Yoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshikata-yoda), [Seika Mayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/seika-mayama), [Ken'ichirō Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-ichiro-hara) - **Original Music Composer:** [Shirō Fukai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shiro-fukai) - **Director of Photography:** [Kōhei Sugiyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/kohei-sugiyama) ## Cast - [Ichikawa Utaemon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichikawa-utaemon) - [Daisuke Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisuke-kato) - [Yutaka Mimasu](https://cinepixo.com/people/yutaka-mimasu) - [Kawarasaki Chōjūrō IV](https://cinepixo.com/people/kawarasaki-chojuro-iv) - [Masao Shimizu](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-shimizu) - [Nakamura Kan'emon III](https://cinepixo.com/people/nakamura-kan-emon-iii) - [Seizaburō Kawazu](https://cinepixo.com/people/seizaburo-kawazu) - [Mitsuko Miura](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuko-miura) - [Isamu Kosugi](https://cinepixo.com/people/isamu-kosugi) - [Arashi Yoshisaburō V](https://cinepixo.com/people/arashi-yoshisaburo-v) - [Mieko Takamine](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieko-takamine) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-47-ronin-1941 Film facts: Wikidata (Q10288763); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.