元祿美少年記
21/12/1955
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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Katsuo Nakamura
as 矢頭右衛門七
Kōji Mitsui
as 父長助
Haruyo Ichikawa
as 母たか
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as 山岡宗入
Keiko Yukishiro
as 娘しの
Akihiko Katayama
as 佐野正平
Keiko Awaji
as きぬ
Keijirō Morozumi
as 新見弥七郎
Eijirō Yanagi
as 大石内蔵助
Akio Satake
as 間十次郎
Hyo Kitazawa
as 神崎与五郎
永田光明
as 前原伊助
Masanori Takeda
as 吉田忠左衛門
Jun Tatara
as 寺坂吉右衛門
Kenzō Tanaka
as 早水藤左衛門
Koji Nakata
as 菅谷三之丞
Rintarō Fujima
as 村松三太夫
筧田浩一
as 大石主税
Fujio Sasagawa
as 大高源五
Eijirō Hose
as 片岡源五右衛門
Aizo Tamashima
as 門番五助
井上晴男
as 吉良上野介
Kazuko Okada
as 富子
Kyōko Kusajima
as お春
