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Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
36 Cast Members
Ken Takakura
Kuranosuke Oishi
Kiichi Nakai
Matashiro Irobe
Rie Miyazawa
Karu
Koji Ishizaka
Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa
Ruriko Asaoka
Riku
Hisaya Morishige
Hyobu Chisaka
Ryudo Uzaki
Yasubê Horibe
Tatsuo Matsumura
Yahê Horibe
Hisashi Igawa
Okuda
Gaku Yamamoto
Chûzaemon Yoshida
Shigeru Kōyama
Jûnai Onodera
Isao Bitō
Jun Hashizume
Renji Ishibashi
Heihachirô Kobayashi
Saburo Ishikura
Yuka Kono
Hitomi Kuroki
Misa Shimizu
Yuko Kotegawa
Kikunosuke Onoe V
