Jusaburo Bando

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teinosuke Kinugasa
CAST:  Jusaburo Bando  •  Kazuo Hasegawa  •  Utaemon Ichikawa  •  Kōtarō Bandō

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teinosuke Kinugasa
CAST:  Jusaburo Bando  •  Kazuo Hasegawa  •  Utaemon Ichikawa  •  Kōtarō Bandō