元祿美少年記 (1955)
On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence. When news of his lord, Asano Naganori, attacking Kira Yoshinaka in the palace reached Akō, Uemon no Shichi was sixteen. The family elder, Ōishi Kuranosuke, determined to avenge, gathered allies, but Uemon no Shichi's father, Chōsuke, being sickly and considered too young, was not included. Chōsuke committed suicide.
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矢頭右衛門七
父長助
神崎与五郎
前原伊助
吉田忠左衛門
寺坂吉右衛門
早水藤左衛門
菅谷三之丞
村松三太夫
大石主税
大高源五
片岡源五右衛門
母たか
門番五助
吉良上野介
山岡宗入
娘しの
佐野正平
きぬ
新見弥七郎
大石内蔵助
間十次郎
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