Chûshingura

Chûshingura

Japan's Supreme Screen Classic

1962207 min7.1 / 10

A solemn, visually elegant meditation on honor, duty, and sacrifice centered on a band of samurai bound by loyalty to their fallen lord.

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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