- The 47 Ronin
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name = The 47 Ronin
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caption = Japanese movie poster
director =Kenji Mizoguchi
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writer =Seika Mayama (play)
Kenichiro Hara
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distributor =Shochiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo
released = 1941
runtime = 241 min.
country =Japan
language = Japanese
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imdb_id = 0033654nihongo|"The 47 Ronin"|元禄忠臣蔵|"Genroku chushingura" was a two-part film produced in 1941, the first part originally released inJapan just prior to theattack on Pearl Harbor . Directed byKenji Mizoguchi , and adapted from the play bySeika Mayama , the film chronicles the end of the lives of theForty-seven Ronin , which has become a (historically based) legend inJapanese history . The film was released initially in Japan in 1941, and not until much later (1960s - 1970s) in the west.External links
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* " [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1941/bq002510.htm The 47 Ronin: Part I] " at the Japanese Movie Database
* " [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1942/br000230.htm The 47 Ronin: Part II] " at the Japanese Movie Database
* [http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/Reviews/47_ronin.htm#47 DVD beaver]
* [http://208.100.26.201/movies/archives/0297/02077.html chicago Reader]
* [http://www.moviemartyr.com/1941/47ronin.htm Movie martyr]
* [http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue08/reviews/47ronin/ Images (Gary Morris)]
* [http://www.25frames.org/php_filme/show_movie.php?film_id=1839&refid=11 25frames (Christoph Huber: in German)]
* [http://www.filmref.com/directors/dirpages/mizoguchi.html#ronin strictly film school]
* [http://eigagogo.free.fr/Critiques/47_ronins.htm eiga go go (French)]
* [http://homepage.mac.com/dmhart/WarFilms/OldGuides/Loyal47Ronin.html David M. Hart]
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