Toei's 10th anniversary film. While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta (Chushingura) has been told countless times, never before has there been a telling with a huge all-star cast of this calibre that brings new life to this timeless tale. When Lord Asano is unjustly executed, his loyal retainers strike back for revenge.The tale of 47 Ronin, a true event that has inspired countless film adaptions, captures the real courage and loyalty of the way of the samurai. At a time in japanese history when those qualitys were more myth than reality, these brave men avenged thier Lord showing tremendous patience and cunning to achieve the ultimate justice.Though they would later be executed for this plan and it's end results all of japan would remember these men as heroes. This DVD is Digitally Remastered, 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen, on 2 discs to preserve the stunning razor sharp video quality and brilliant colors, an amazing print of a Chushingura classic like you have never seen before. With a most unique pack of DVD Extras; Original Trailers, Movie Photo Gallery, Chushingura Movies Poster Gallery, and more, 70+ pages of info; "The 47 Ronin", "The Genroku Era", "Who is Who?" (now you can match a face with actor/actress names you've seen before), 11 Actor Bios, and 30 minutes of previews from other cool samurai and yakuza movies! A must have disc set! This is NOT the Hawaii TV recording! Remastered from a new amazing print! With removable English Subtitles and DVD Extras. Directed by: MATSUDA Sadatsugu Cast: KATAOKA Cheizo, NAKAMURA Kinnosuke, SATOMI Kotaro, OKAWA Hashizo, ICHIKAWA Utaemon, KONOE Jushiro, SATOMI Kotaro, AZUMA Chiyonosuke, OTOMO Ryutaro, OKOCHI Denjiro, TSUKIGATA Ryunosuke, OKA Satomi, OKAWA Keiko, KOGURE Michiyo, CHIHARA Shinobu, YAMAGATA Isao etc.