47 Ronin (忠臣蔵花の巻・雪の巻) 61 years old

The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.

Credits

Ichirō Arishima as

Hideyo Amamoto as

Yuriko Hoshi as Otsuya

Daisuke Katô as Kichiemon Terasaka

Yoshio Tsuchiya as

Takashi Shimura as Hyobu Chishaka

47 Ronin Cast

Name	Character
Ichirō Arishima He was 46, 70 years old when he died
Hideyo Amamoto He was 36, 77 years old when he died
Yuriko Hoshi She was 19, 74 years old when she died	as Otsuya
Daisuke Katô	as Kichiemon Terasaka
Yoshio Tsuchiya He was 36, 89 years old when he died
Takashi Shimura He was 58, 76 years old when he died	as Hyobu Chishaka
Junko Ikeuchi She was 29, 76 years old when she died
Akihiko Hirata He was 35, 56 years old when he died
Mie Hama She was 19, now 80 years old	as Woman Refugee
Ikio Sawamura He was 58, 70 years old when he died
Akira Takarada He was 29, now 89 years old	as Gunpei Takada
Kumi Mizuno She was 26, now 87 years old	as Saho
Setsuko Hara She was 43, 95 years old when she died	as Riku Oishi
Yû Fujiki He was 32, 74 years old when he died
Michiyo Aratama She was 33, 71 years old when she died
Tatsuya Mihashi He was 39, 80 years old when he died	as Yasubei Horibe
Kamatari Fujiwara He was 58, 80 years old when he died
Kyû Sazanka He was 21, 29 years old when he died
Hiroshi Koizumi He was 37, 88 years old when he died
Hisaya Morishige He was 50, 96 years old when he died
Yumi Shirakawa She was 26, 79 years old when she died	as Ume
Frankie Sakai He was 34, 67 years old when he died
Akira Kubo He was 26, now 87 years old	as Lord Date
Kiyoshi Kodama He was 29, 77 years old when he died
Reiko Dan She was 28, 68 years old when she died	as Okaru
Yoko Tsukasa She was 29, now 89 years old	as Aguri Asano
Yôko Fujiyama He was 21, now 82 years old
Yoshifumi Tajima He was 45, 91 years old when he died
Tatsuyoshi Ehara He was 26, now 87 years old	as Daigaku Asano
Tōru Yuri He was 41, 78 years old when he died
Keiju Kobayashi He was 39, 86 years old when he died	as Awajinokami Wakisake (Lord Awaji)
Seizaburô Kawazu He was 55, 74 years old when he died	as Asano Official
Ryō Ikebe He was 45, 92 years old when he died	as Chikara Tsuchiya
Sachio Sakai He was 38, 72 years old when he died
Chûsha Ichikawa
Shigeki Ishida He was 38, 72 years old when he died
Kenji Sahara He was 31, now 91 years old
Akira Tani He was 2, now 58 years old
Chûsha Ichikawa	as Lord Yoshinaga Kira
Haruko Tôgô
Jun Tazaki He was 50, 72 years old when he died
Ken Uehara He was 53, 82 years old when he died
Susumu Fujita He was 51, 78 years old when he died
Hiroshi Tachikawa He was 32, now 93 years old
Kiyoko Tsuji She was 55, 84 years old when she died
Tsuruko Mano She was 54, now 115 years old
Yōsuke Natsuki He was 27, 81 years old when he died	as Kinemon Okano
Toshiro Mifune He was 43, 77 years old when he died	as Genba Tawaraboshi
Sôji Kiyokawa He was 59, 81 years old when he died
Gen Shimizu He was 55, 65 years old when he died
Chieko Nakakita She was 37, 79 years old when she died
Heihachirô Ôkawa He was 57, 65 years old when he died
Nadao Kirino
Nami Tamura She was 20, now 82 years old
Rinsaku Ogata He was 37, now 99 years old
Jotaro Togami He was 47, 64 years old when he died
Yoshio Kosugi He was 60, 64 years old when he died
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Keiko Awaji She was 30, 80 years old when she died
Machiko Kitagawa She was 31, now 92 years old
Ichirô Chiba
Ryosuke Kagawa He was 66, 90 years old when he died
Kôzô Nomura
Kunio Ôtsuka
Yūzō Kayama He was 26, now 87 years old	as Lord Naganori Asano
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Mitsuko Kusabue She was 29, now 90 years old
Tadao Takashima He was 33, 88 years old when he died	as Jyujiro Kan
Makoto Satō He was 6, 49 years old when he died	as Kazuemon Fuwa
Haruo Suzuki
Hisaya Ito
Tadao Nakamaru He was 30, 76 years old when he died
Kamayuki Tsubono He was 43, now 104 years old
Kichiemon Nakamura He was 19, now 79 years old
Ren Yamamoto He was 34, 8 years old when he died
Hakuô Matsumoto He was 53, 71 years old when he died	as Chamberlain Kuranosuke Oishi
Sadako Sawamura She was 53, 87 years old when she died
Tadashi Okabe He was 40, now 100 years old
Keiko Yanagawa She was 26, now 88 years old
Ko Mishima He was 35, now 96 years old
Shin Ôtomo He was 43, now 105 years old
Norihei Miki He was 39, 74 years old when he died

47 Ronin Crew

Name	Department
Sanezumi Fujimoto as Producer. He was 53 (68) years old when He died	Production
Eiji Tsuburaya as Special Effects. He was 62 (68) years old when He died	Crew
Tomoyuki Tanaka as Producer. He was 53 (86) years old when He died	Production
Hiroshi Inagaki as Director. He was 57 (74) years old when He died	Directing
Hiroshi Inagaki as Producer. He was 57 (74) years old when He died	Production
Hiroshi Ueda as Art Direction.	Art
Kazuo Yamada as Director of Photography. He was 50 (78) years old when He died	Camera
Yoshio Nishikawa as Sound Recordist.	Sound
Toshio Yasumi as Screenplay. He was 60 (88) years old when He died	Writing
Akira Ifukube as Original Music Composer. He was 48 (91) years old when He died	Sound
Kôichi Iwashita as Editor.	Editing

47 Ronin (61 years)

Release day: Saturday, November 03, 1962
Runtime: 207 minutes

47 Ronin (忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻) 61 years old