# 47 Ronin (1994)

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**Original title**: *四十七人の刺客*
**Runtime**: 129 min
**Genres**: Action, Drama
**Directed by**: Kon Ichikawa
**Written by**: Kon Ichikawa, Kaneo Ikegami, Yo Takeyama
**Starring**: Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Rie Miyazawa, Koji Ishizaka, Ruriko Asaoka, Hisaya Morishige

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You serve a young clan lord in feudal Japan and then his forced suicide sets you on a path of vengeance, the director's lens frames their loyalty.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, epic

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