The 47 Ronin/Genroku Chūshingura - Part I (Film 1941)

The 47 Ronin (元禄 忠臣蔵, Genroku Chūshingura, "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers of the Genroku Era") is a black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. Audio in Japanese with English subtitles.

The first part was released on December 1, 1941 with the second part being released on February 11 of the following year. The film wasn't shown in America until the 1970s. The film depicts the legendary forty-seven Ronin and their plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku.

Cast & Characters:
Chōjuro Kawarasaki as Ōishi Kuranosuke
Kanemon Nakamura as Tominomori Sukeemon
Kunitarō Kawarazaki as Isogai Jūrōzaemon
Chōemon Bandō as Hara Sōemon
Sukezō Sukedakaya as Yoshida Chūzaemon
Kikunojo Segawa as Otaka Gengo
Utaemon Ichikawa as Tokugawa Ienobu
Yoshizaburō Arashi as Asano Naganori
Kazutoyo Mimasu as Kira Yoshinaka
Tokusaburō Arashi as Okuno Shōgen
Masao Shimizu as Katō Akihide
Mitsuko Miura as Yosenin