Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke

Name: Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
Director: Kōsei Saitō
Released: 2010-12-25
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Masakazu Tamura, Shima Iwashita, Tetsuji Tamayama, Rei Dan, Yukiyoshi Ozawa

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Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke

*8.5

Status

Released

Production

TV Asahi

Aired

2010-12-25

Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke

In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of the Asano family in Ako domain is shocked to learn that his feudal lord, Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori (Tamayama Tetsuji), had stabbed Kira Kozukenosuke Yoshinaka (Nishida Toshiyuki), the master of ceremonies, at Edo castle. Lord Asano was ordered to commit ritual suicide and the Ako clan abolished. Facing up to the gravity of this unfair ruling, since only one party was being punished instead of both as would be usual, Oishi decides to lead the loyal former retainers in an attack on Lord Kira so that he could take Kira’s head to his lord’s gravesite so that Lord Asano could finally rest in peace.