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
Kaneo Ikegami
Screenplay, Original Story
Yo Takeyama
Screenplay
Chizuko Osada
Editor
Yukio Isohata
Director of Photography
Toshimasa Miyamura
Assistant Director
Jitsuzō Horiuchi
Executive Producer
Seiji Urushido
Executive Producer
永井紀芳
Executive Producer
橋本利明
Executive Producer
高橋博
Executive Producer
酒井俊博
Executive Producer
Hideyuki Takai
Executive Producer
Toshio Hagiwara
Executive Producer
稲見宗孝
Executive Producer
Yoshishige Shimatani
Producer
Jun'ichi Shindô
Producer
Hisao Nabeshima
Producer
Hidehiko Takei
Associate Producer
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Ikuko Saito
Costumer
Tetsuya Ohashi
Sound Mixer
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects
Teiichi Saitô
Sound Recordist
Kensaku Tanikawa
Original Music Composer
Masao Iwase
Music Producer
橋山直己
Still Photographer
Kazumi Matsuzawa
Script Supervisor
Kazuo Shimomura
Gaffer
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