is a 1928 Japanese black-and-white silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Shozo Makino. It was an epic created to commemorate Makino's 50th birthday and is based on the classic theme of the Chūshingura. During the production of this film, a fire broke out, destroying parts of the original film, but it has since been restored.
Cast
Ii Yōhō - Ōishi "Kuranosuke" Yoshio Moroguchi Tsuzuya - Asano Takumi-no-kami Ichikawa Kobunji - Kira "Kōzukenosuke" Yoshihisa Katsumi Yōtarō - Tachibana Sakon Tsukigata Ryūnosuke - Shimizu Ikkaku Nakano Ryūtarō - Matsuno Kawachi no Kami Arashi Nagasaburō - Wakisaka Awaji-no-kami Kataoka Chiezō - Inspector Hattori Ichiroemon Kataoka Ichitarō - Imperial envoy Yanagihara-ken Dainagon Sugi Kyōji - The loyal maid Kengo no Ogen Nakane Ryūtarō - 伜 与太九呂 Makino Masahiro - Ōishi "Chikara" Yoshikane Kojima Yōzō - Shogun Tokugawa Matsumoto Tokinosuke - Asano Daigaku Nakamura Tonosuke - Tamura Ukyō-Tayū Koiwai Shōzaburō - Date Sakyonosuke Yamamoto Reizaburō - Kajikawa Yosōbei Kaneko Shin - Imperial envoy Takano Chūnagon Ishikawa Koenji - Imperial envoy Seikan Chūnagon Matsumura Mitsuo - Mon Ryōsetsu Araki Shinobu - Kira's spy Maeno Heinai Kawada Kōdō - Kira's spy Saruhashi Umon Kikunami Shōnosuke - Ōishi's servant Mankichi, actually Kira's spy. Akiyoshi Kaoru - Kira's spy Ishitsuka Jinpachi Nakata Kuniyoshi - Seppuku envoy Tashimo Sogami Wakamatsu Fumio - Inspector Okada-den-hachirō Shizuma Seinosuke - Kaishaku Umeda Gorō - Tea master Hirai Chōan Morimoto Senichi - Ishido (Tamura's retainer) Ōaji Masanori - Sakakibara (Tamura's retainer) Saitō Shunpei - Takami Kageyu (Tamura's retainer) Kojima Takehiko - Tairō Yanagisawa Mino-no-kami Ōtani Manroku - Taikomochi Senju Tsuga Senji - Ōishi's servant Hachidou Matsuo Fumindo - second son of Ōishi Chiyomatsu Tsuga Kazushi - third son of Ōishi Daisaburō Tsumura Hiroshi - younger brother of Shimizu Ikkaku Onoe Shōroku - Kira's spy Makiyama Daigorō Fujii Rokusuke - Soba shop owner Shizuke Ōkuni Ikkō - Kira's retainer Kazuhisa Gyūtaro Makino Masami - 吉良左兵衛之介 Kojima Takehiko - Sugano's father Shichirōzaemon Arashi Kan - The spy's son Jūtarō Somei Tatsurō - Horibe "Yahei" Kanemaru Matsumura Mitsuo - Horibe "Kihei" Mitsunobu Wakamatsu Fumio - Yoshida Chūzaemon Arashi Kankichiro - Mase "Kyūtayū" Masaaki Harada Kōzō - Murase Kihei Hidemichi Ōaji Masanori - Onodera "Jūnai" Hidekazu Yanazuma Reizaburō - Okuda "Magotayu" Shigemori Nakamura Tonosuke - Hara "Soemon" Mototoki Matsumoto Kumao - Kaiga "Yazaemon" Tomonobu Saigō Noboru - Chiba "Saburobei" Mitsutada Nanbu Kunio - Kimura "Okaemon" Sadayuki Kimura Takeshi - Nakamura "Kansuke" Musatoki Mori Kiyoshi - Sugaya "Hannoji" Masatoshi Ōdani Kijyuku - Hayami "Tozaemon" Mitsutaka Tachibana Masaaki - Maehara "Isuke" Munefusa Arashi Nagasaburō - Terasaka "Kichiemon" Nobuyuki
Hoshizuki Einosuke - Tsuneki "Yasouemon" Okajima Ichikawa Koenji - Kanzaki "Yogoro" Noriyasu Yano Takeo - Kayano "Kazusuke" Tsunenari Ichikawa Kobunji - Kataoka "Gengoemon" Takafusa Toshima Ryūhei - Yokogawa "Kanpei" Munetoshi Koiwai Shōzaburō - Mimura "Jirozaemon" Kanetsune Kaneko Shin - Ushioda "Matanojō" Takanori (Đông du ký) Tōgō Hisayoshi - Akahani "Genzo" Shigekata
Yamamoto Reizaburō - Horibe "Yasubei" Takeyoshi
Sakuma Hachirō - Fuwa "Kazueimon" Masatane Ei Masaru - Chikamatsu "Kanroku" Yukishige Sakamoto Jirō - Tominomori "Sukeemon" Masayori Sawamura Kinnosuke - Kurahashi "Densuke" Takeyuki Takei Ryūzō - Takebayashi "Yuishichi" Takashige Amano Haichi - Ōtaka "Gengo" Tadao Yakumo Ennosuke - Yoshida "Sawauemon" Kanesada Suzuki Kyōhei - Yada "Gorōemon" Suketake
Kataoka Chiezō - Kayano Sanpei
Ichikawa Yagorō - Onodera "Koemon" Hidetomi Kawashima Kiyoshi - Sugino "Jūhei" Tsugufusa Fujioka Masayoshi - Ōishi "Sezaemon" Nobukiyo Maki Mitsurō - Muramatsu "Sandayū" Takanao Kayano Shigezane - 奥田貞右衛門行高
Koganei Masaru - Hazama "Jujiro" Mitsuoki
Matsuzaka Susumu - Isogai "Jurozaemon" Masahisa Ichihara Yoshio - Okano "Kinemon" Kanehide Makino Tōroku - Hazama Shinroku Kuka Ryūzaburō - Katsuta "Shinzaemon" Taketake Ushio Ryūji - Mase "Magokurō" Machitoki Makino Umetarō - Yatō "Emoshichi" Norikane Onoe Shōroku - Ōno Kurobei Ōtani Manroku - Imperial envoy Tamamushi Shichirōemon Tokugawa Ryōnosuke - Imperial envoy Kondō Genpachi Morimoto Senichi - Imperial envoy Fujii Hikoshiro Arao Seiisa - Imperial envoy Hayakawa Sosuke Takayama Hisashi - Imperial envoy Tanaka Seibei Arashi Kanzaburō - Toyota Hattayū Onoe Nobuzaburo - Toyota Shōsuke
Tamaki Utako - Yōzen-in, the second wife of Yōsenin
Hanaoka Yuriko - 戸田の局 Ishikawa Shinsui - Ōishi's room, Oriku Makino Tomoko - Chika, daughter of Hayamizu Tozaemon Matsuura Tsukie - 浮橋太夫 Watanabe Ayako - 軽藻太夫 Suminoe Tatsuko - Yoshinotayū Miho Matsuko - Maid Okaji Kawakami Kimie - Kira's maid Myoka Mizutani Ranko - The older sister of the soba shop owner Otomi Okajima Tsuyako - Sanpei's new wife Tsuyuno Suzuki Sumiko - Shimizu Ikkaku's sister Ōbayashi Umeko - Kira's spy Oume Isogawa Suzuko - Yoshiko, the boatman of the floating bridge Tsuga Shizuko - 浮橋の引舟田毎 Hirota Kō - Mukadeya Yosuke Tamaki Junichirō - Armor maker Tamegoro Ōoka Kaidō - Togiya Denkurō Ōkuni Ikkō - Sengoro the crazy shopkeeper
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