The 47 Loyal Ronin (movie)
忠臣蔵- User score: 9
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Shōzō Makino
- Production companies: Yoshizawa Shoten, Nikkatsu Corporation, Yokota Shokai
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
- Release date: 12/1/1910
- Run time: 50 min.
Movie description
An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from various different 1910s adaptations totaling nearly three hours in length. The bulk of the content comes from the 1911 adaptation by legendary Japanese filmmaker Makino Shozo.
