Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
Cast
Ken Takakura
Kuranosuke Oishi
Kiichi Nakai
Matashiro Irobe
Rie Miyazawa
Karu
Koji Ishizaka
Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa
Ruriko Asaoka
Riku
Hisaya Morishige
Hyobu Chisaka
Ryudo Uzaki
Yasubê Horibe
Tatsuo Matsumura
Yahê Horibe
Hisashi Igawa
Okuda
Gaku Yamamoto
Chûzaemon Yoshida
Shigeru Kōyama
Jûnai Onodera
Isao Bitō
Unknown
Jun Hashizume
Unknown
Renji Ishibashi
Heihachirô Kobayashi
Saburo Ishikura
Unknown
Yuka Kono
Unknown
Hitomi Kuroki
Unknown
Misa Shimizu
Unknown
Yuko Kotegawa
Unknown
Kikunosuke Onoe V
Unknown
B-saku Satoh
Unknown
Michino Yokoyama
Unknown
Akiji Kobayashi
Unknown
Akira Kubo
Unknown
Gen Idemitsu
Unknown
Masayuki Imai
Unknown
Toshi Shioya
Unknown
Kō Nishimura
Unknown
Ken Kobayashi
Unknown
Hirokazu Inoue
Unknown
Yuzuru Nishimura
Unknown
Shinji Yamaguchi
Unknown
Atsuo Nakamura
Unknown
Eiji Bandō
Unknown
Nenji Kobayashi
Unknown
Shirou Kajiwara
Narrator
Crew
Kon Ichikawa
Director, Screenplay
Yo Takeyama
Screenplay
Kaneo Ikegami
Screenplay, Original Story
Chizuko Osada
Editor
Yukio Isohata
Director of Photography
Toshimasa Miyamura
Assistant Director
Yoshishige Shimatani
Producer
Jun'ichi Shindô
Producer
Hidehiko Takei
Associate Producer
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Ikuko Saito
Costumer
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects
Kensaku Tanikawa
Original Music Composer
Masao Iwase
Music Producer
Kazuo Shimomura
Gaffer
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