Epic Chushingura (1971)

大忠臣蔵

Daichūshingura is a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first episode aired on January 5, 1971, and the 52nd and final episode appeared on December 28 of the same year. The NET network broadcast it in the Tuesday evening 9:00–9:56 prime-time slot in Japan. The series featured an all-star cast. The central actor was Toshiro Mifune, who portrayed Ōishi Kuranosuke; Yoko Tsukasa his wife; and kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII their son Chikara.

Epic Chushingura

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Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    The crises surrounding ako castle

  • 1x2

    A swirling dark mist

  • 1x3

    Noble samurai spirit

  • 1x4

    Unbearable days

  • 1x5

    The longest day in genroku period

  • 1x6

    The sad news delivered to ako

  • 1x7

    The great decision

  • 1x8

    Secret operations behind the scenes

  • 1x9

    The great discussion

  • 1x10

    The covered-up petition

  • 1x11

    Records of an oath sealed in blood

  • 1x12

    The day of ako castle's confiscation

  • 1x13

    Low ranking samurai

  • 1x14

    The dowry of yokein

  • 1x15

    The hair-cutting stalker

  • 1x16

    The yagyu secret agents

  • 1x17

    A revolt against the government

  • 1x18

    Break-up

  • 1x19

    The quiet showdown

  • 1x20

    The sorrowful samurai spirit

  • 1x21

    Woman spy

  • 1x22

    The first dropout

  • 1x23

    Oishi living idly in fushimi

  • 1x24

    Invisible evil influence

  • 1x25

    The tragic love of okaru and sanpei part 1

  • 1x26

    The tragic love of okaru and sanpei part 2

  • 1x27

    The secret love

  • 1x28

    Life or death surveillance

  • 1x29

    The love lost in osaka

  • 1x30

    A group of assassins heads for yamashina

  • 1x31

    The covenant of men

  • 1x32

    Secret meeting on the sumida-gawa river

  • 1x33

    Farewell at yamashina

  • 1x34

    The young lions

  • 1x35

    The female koto player

  • 1x36

    Two mothers of young loyal retainers

  • 1x37

    Amanoya rihei is a proud man

  • 1x38

    Oishi travels east

  • 1x39

    Infiltration of edo at dawn

  • 1x40

    People of the kira clan

  • 1x41

    The duel of horibe yasubei

  • 1x42

    Master spearman tawaraboshi genba

  • 1x43

    A loyal vassal hastily falling

  • 1x44

    A woman in love with an enemy

  • 1x45

    Heading to honjo matsuzaka-cho

  • 1x46

    Where will i be on the 14th?

  • 1x47

    The forty-eighth man

  • 1x48

    Snow on the 14th day of the 12th lunar month

  • 1x49

    Farewell in the snow at nambuzaka

  • 1x50

    The raid part 1

  • 1x51

    The raid part 2

  • 1x52

    Ritual suicide

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