忠臣蔵

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As the first sound version of the classic narrative, the film was something of an event, and employed a stellar cast, who give a roster of memorable performances . Director Teinosuke Kinugasa was primarily a specialist in jidai-geki (period films), such as the internationally celebrated Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1953), and although he is now most famous as the maker of the avant-garde silent films A Page of Madness (Kurutta ichipeji, 1926) and Crossroads (Jujiro, 1928), Chushingura is in fact more typical of his output than those experimental works . The film ranked third in that year’s Kinema Junpo critics’ poll, and Joseph Anderson and Donald Richie noted that 'not only the sound but the quick cutting was admired by many critics.

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忠臣蔵 är en dramafilm från 1932, regisserad av 衣笠貞之助. I rollerna ses bland andra 三代目 阪東壽三郎, 長谷川一夫, 市川右太衛門 och 岩田祐吉.

Med en speltid på 2 timmar och 19 minuter är 忠臣蔵 en produktion från Japan. Originalspråket är japanska. På Filmotek uppdaterar vi löpande var du kan streama, hyra eller köpa 忠臣蔵 i Sverige.