"Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the target of a merciless revenge."
Kazuo Hasegawa
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
Yataro Kurokawa
as Denpachirô Tamon
Michiyo Kogure
as Dayû Ukihashi
Shintarō Katsu
as Genzô Akagaki
Eitarō Ozawa
as Hyôbu Chisaka
Takashi Shimura
as Jûbei Ôtake
Koji Tsuruta
as Kin'emon Okano
Osamu Takizawa
as Kôzukenosuke Kira
Ayako Wakao
as Orin, Carpenter's Daughter
Machiko Kyō
as Orui, Spy
Chikage Awashima
as Riku Ôishi
Keizō Kawasaki
as Shinzaemon Katsuta
Raizō Ichikawa
as Takuminokami Asano
Eiji Funakoshi
as Tsunanori Uesugi
Fujiko Yamamoto
as Yôsen'in
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Gorobei Kakimi
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
as Chikara Ôishi
Aiko Mimasu
as Notsubone Toda
Chieko Higashiyama
as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
Jun Negami
as Sagaminokami Tsuchiya
Kunio Watanabe
Director
Fuji Yahiro
Screenplay
Toshio Tamikado
Masaharu Matsumura
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Takashi Watanabe
Cinematography
Masao Ōsumi
Sound Recordist
Shima Yoshizane
Costume Design
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer