Movie Description
忠臣蔵
(1932)Overview
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances. Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works. The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.
Featured Crew
- Director : Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Cast : Jusaburo Bando,Kazuo Hasegawa,Utaemon Ichikawa,Kōtarō Bandō,Kōkichi Takada,Sôjin Kamiyama,Joji Oka,Yukichi Iwata,Hideo Fujino,Shintarô Takiguchi,Eigorō Onoe,Shoichi Nodera,Hideo Takeda,Jun Arai,Eiji Oshimoto,Kashichi Shimada,Ichiro Yuki,Junosuke Bandô,Misao Seki,Yasurō Shiga,Tetsu Tsuboi,Kokuten Kōdō,Tatsuo Saitō,Tokuji Kobayashi,Shinichi Himori,Kenji Oyama,Kenichi Miyajima,Shigeru Ogura,Kinnosuke Takamatsu,Kasuke Koizumi,Jushiro Kobayashi,Saburō Sawai,Subaru Hirota,Ryutaro Nagai,Sumao Ishihara,Shozaburo Abe,Yoshito Yamaji,Tomio Aoki,Hideo Sugawara,Hiroko Kawasaki,Kinuyo Tanaka,Yoshiko Okada,Yoshiko Kawada,Chōko Iida,Utako Suzuki,Akiko Chihaya,Kimie Kawakami,Yoshie Nakagawa
Cast
Kuranosuke Ôishi
Asano Takuminokami and Yoshida Sawaemon (as Chôjirô Hayashi)
Awajinokami Wakisaka / Gorobei Kakimi
Shinzaemon Katsuta
Sezaemon Oishi
Kozukenosuke Kira
Yanagisawa
Kurobee Ōno
Hyobu
Сhikara Ôishi
Heihachiro Kobayashi
Yahee Horibe
Gon'uemon Ōkubo
Miyauchi Saito
Chotaro Kasahara
Tsunanori Uesugi
Kato
Emoshichi Yatou
Koyama
Jūbee Ōtake
Gengoemon Kataoka
Uesugi Family Elder
Kazuemon Fuwa
Genzaemon Tonomura
Tanuki
Gengo Ôtaka
Kajikawa
Yuka
Genshirō Shindō
servant Ono
Yasube Horibe
Hachirō
Inokō
servant
Kajimura
Kozo Ikariko
prince Edokko
boss of the children (as Tokkan Kozô)
Daisaburō
Yōzen'in
Yae
Orui
Oriku
Nui, Fuwa's wife
Orui's mother
Katsuta's Wife Hikari
Nobuka Geigi
Kuni
Posters
Facts
Original Title忠臣蔵
Status Released
Release Information
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1932-03-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 19m
Production CompaniesShochiku Kinema (Kamata)
Genres
- Drama
