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Genroku chushingura = The 47 ronin / Janus Films ; Shochiku Co., Ltd. ; produced by Koa Eiga KK ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi ; screenplay by Kēnichiro Hara, Yoshikata Yoda.
LIBRA DVD 003 328
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Mayama, Seika, 1878-1948--Film adaptations.
- Mayama, Seika.
- Mayama, Seika, 1878-1948.
- Samurai films.
- Propaganda, Japanese.
- Motion pictures in propaganda--Japan.
- Motion pictures in propaganda.
- Motion pictures, Japanese.
- History.
- Japan.
- Japan--History--Akō Vendetta, 1703--Drama.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (222 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- 47 ronin
- Forty-seven ronin
- Chushingura
- Title on container: 47 ronin, parts 1 and 2
- Place of Publication:
- Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [1999]
- Language Note:
- In Japanese with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD ; NTSC ; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- This fact-based account, created to inspire patriotic spirit during WWII, is a cinematic exploration of heroism and self-sacrifice which provides a rare glimpse at the price heroes sometimes paid to preserve their honor.
- Participant:
- Chojuro Kawarazaki, Kanemon Nakamura, Kunitaro Kawarazaki, Yoshisaburo Arashi, Kikunojo Segawa, Kikunosuke Ichikawa.
- Credits:
- Photography, Kohei Sugiyama ; music, Shiro Fukai.
- Notes:
- Original story by Seika Mayama.
- DVD release of the motion picture originally issued in two parts in 1941-1942.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 148111116
- Publisher Number:
- 014381454123
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