元祿美少年記

Overview

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence. When news of his lord, Asano Naganori, attacking Kira Yoshinaka in the palace reached Akō, Uemon no Shichi was sixteen. The family elder, Ōishi Kuranosuke, determined to avenge, gathered allies, but Uemon no Shichi's father, Chōsuke, being sickly and considered too young, was not included. Chōsuke committed suicide.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 21, 1955

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Production

Shochiku

Cast

永田光明,筧田浩一,Fujio Sasagawa,Haruyo Ichikawa,Kazuko Okada,Eijirō Yanagi,Tatsuya Ishiguro,Akio Satake,Masanori Takeda,Eijirō Hoseand 14 more

Director

Daisuke Itō,Hiroyuki Nagaoka

Writer

Fuji Yahiro

Producer

Gin'ichi Kishimoto

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0322379