Jitsuroku Chûshingura
(Chushingura: The True Story)
(1921) Japan
B&W : 21 reels
Directed by Shirô Nakagawa
Cast: Kitsumatsu Arashi [Chikara Ôishi], Matsujirô Arashi [Yôsen in / Riku, Ôishi’s wife], Ritoku Arashi [Kuranosuke Ôishi / Sampei Kayano], Shôzô Arashi [Takuminokami Asano / Gengo Ôtaka / Ikkaku Shimizu / Otama, aged Geiko / Okaru's mother / Shûhei, servant / Toda no tsubone / Ichirôemon Hattori], Tokutarô Arashi [Daizaburô Ôishi], Okuzan Asao [Kôzukenosuke Kira / Chûzaemon Yoshida / Kazuemon Fuwa / Ôishi’s mother], Hôshô Bandô [Gengozaemon Kataoka / Kenki Murakami / Rihei Amanoya / Heihachirô Kobayashi], Enshô Jitsukawa [Ukihashi-tayû / Yasoemon Okajima], Masahiro Makino
Teikine production. / General director, Shûsuke Tsujikawa. Cinematography by Masaru Ômori. Supporting cinematography by Hiromitsu Karasawa, Norirô Kuga (Norio Kuga), Akira Nakagawa and Shigeyuki Okabe. / Released 19 October 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was cut to 15 reels and rereleased in Japan on 10 April 1923.
Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Listing updated: 12 July 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
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