Drama ·History · Japan · 2010 · 2h 13m

The Last Ronin

最後の忠臣蔵

The Last Ronin poster
Director
Shigemichi Sugita
Cast
Koji Yakusho as Magozaemon Senoo Koichi Sato as Kichiemon Terasaka Hitomi Miyauchi as Kane Koji Yamamoto as Jun Fubuki as Kiwa Kunie Tanaka as
Crew
Mutsuo Naganuma — Director of Photography Chizuko Osada — Editor Takashi Kako — Original Music Composer Yōzō Tanaka — Screenplay Kaneo Ikegami — Novel Toshiya Nomura — Producer
Synopsis

16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on a mission. His purpose is to find the families of the fallen samurais and spread the truth of the ronin uprising.

Mood & Themes
samuraijidaigekiedo period
Key Collaborators
Shigemichi Sugita Director Mutsuo Naganuma Director of Photography Chizuko Osada Editor Takashi Kako Original Music Composer Yōzō Tanaka Screenplay Kaneo Ikegami Novel Toshiya Nomura Producer Wataru Okada Producer Tomoyuki Miyagawa Producer Yoshinobu Nishioka Production Design
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