The Last Ronin
MovieTitle | 最後の忠臣蔵 |
User score | 6.3 |
Release date | Dec 18, 2010 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Director | Shigemichi Sugita |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., KADOKAWA, Memory-Tech, dentsu |
Run time | 133 min. |
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.