Chushingura: The Truth (1928)
1h 4m
Running Time
March 14, 1928Release Date
Chushingura: The Truth (1928)
1h 4m
Running Time
March 14, 1928Release Date
Plot.
Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He was young and slightly inexperienced, so Lord Kira Kozuke-no suke Yoshinako was given the task of instructing Lord Asano in the customs of the ceremony. On the day of the reception, something went terrible wrong, and Lord Asano attempted to kill Lord Kira. For this, Lord Asano was order to commit seppuku. However, in violation of existing law, Lord Kira was not punished. The ruling Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi eventually confiscated Lord Asano's land and dismissed the samurai that had served him so faithfully, effectively making them all ronin. Two years later, Oishi Kuranosuke Yoshi led a group of samurai loyal to Lord Asano in an attack on Kira's compound. Their aim was to capture and kill him.
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Cast & Crew.
Kaoru Akiyoshi
Actor
Jinichi Amano
Actor
Shinobu Araki
Actor
Seiichi Arao
Actor
Shōzō Makino
Director
Itarō Yamagami
Writer
Jûzô Tanaka
Cinematographer
Kan Arashi
Actor
Kanjūrō Arashi
Actor
Shōtarō Saijō
Writer
Shirô Arimura
Kanzaburo Arashi
Rokusuke Fujii
Masayoshi Fujioka
Masaru Hanabusa
Yuriko Hanaoka
Details.
Release DateMarch 14, 1928
Original Name忠魂義烈 実録忠臣蔵
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 4m
Wiki.
Chūkon giretsu: Jitsuroku Chūshingura (忠魂義烈 実録忠臣蔵, Heroism of the Faithful Dead: True Testament of the Chūshingura) 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.