Top Cast
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Matsumoto Hakuō I
Chamberlain Kuranosuke Oishi
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Toshirō Mifune
Genba Tawaraboshi
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Takashi Shimura
Hyobu Chishaka
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Tatsuya Mihashi
Yasubei Horibe
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Yūzō Kayama
Lord Naganori Asano
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Akira Takarada
Gunpei Takada
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Yōsuke Natsuki
Kinemon Okano
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Makoto Satō
Kazuemon Fuwa
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Tadao Takashima
Jyujiro Kan
Overview
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
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