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Epic Chushingura

TV Series

Epic Chushingura

10.0

1971

Synopsis

Daichūshingura is a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same year. The NET network broadcast it in the Tuesday evening 9:00–9:56 prime-time slot in Japan. The series featured an all-star cast. The central actor was Toshiro Mifune, who portrayed Ōishi Kuranosuke; Yoko Tsukasa his wife; and kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII their son Chikara.

Drama

jidaigeki

Cast & Crew

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

as Horibe Yasubei

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

as Oishi Kuranosuke

Kikugorô Onoe

Kikugorô Onoe

as Asano Takumi-no-kami

Ichirō Arishima

Ichirō Arishima

as Horibe Yahei

Chūsha Ichikawa

Chūsha Ichikawa

as Kira Kozukenosuke

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

as Oishi Riku

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