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.


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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