Chushingura: The Truth

Chushingura: The Truth (1928)

忠魂義烈 実録忠臣蔵

Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He was young and slightly inexperienced, so Lord Kira Kozuke-no suke Yoshinako was given the task of instructing Lord Asano in the customs of the ceremony. On the day of the reception, something went terrible wrong, and Lord Asano attempted to kill Lord Kira. For this, Lord Asano was order to commit seppuku. However, in violation of existing law, Lord Kira was not punished. The ruling Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi eventually confiscated Lord Asano's land and dismissed the samurai that had served him so faithfully, effectively making them all ronin. Two years later, Oishi Kuranosuke Yoshi led a group of samurai loyal to Lord Asano in an attack on Kira's compound. Their aim was to capture and kill him.

Date of release
1928-03-14
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 4m
Director
Shōzō Makino

Casting

Interesting facts

Chūkon giretsu: Jitsuroku Chūshingura is a 1928 Japanese black-and-white silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Shozo Makino. It was an epic created to commemorate Makino's 50th birthday and is based on the classic theme of the Chūshingura. During the production of this film, a fire broke out, destroying parts of the original film, but it has since been restored.

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