Watch Chushingura - Hana no maki yuki no maki
"Japan's Supreme Screen Classic"
- 1962
- 3 hr 27 min
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7.6 (2,261)
Chushingura - Hana No Maki Yuki No Maki is also called 47 Samurai. It's a Japanese movie. In it a young lord seeks to battle the corruption of the Shogunate bureaucracy. In doing so, he falls afoul of a Chancellor he refuses to bribe. The Chancellor then goads him into drawing his sword in front of the Emperor's envoys, which is considered a serious crime. The young lord therefore slays himself, and his samurai are ordered to disband. The samurai face a dilemma: They have to obey the Chancellor, but they also have to avenge their dishonored lord.