The 47 Ronin (1941 film)

The 47 Ronin
Japanese movie poster
Directed by	Kenji Mizoguchi
Produced by	Shochiku
Written by	Seika Mayama (play) Kenichiro Hara Yoshikata Yoda (screenplay)
Music by	Shirō Fukai
Cinematography	Kōhei Sugiyama
Distributed by	Shochiku Kinema Kenkyu-jo
Release date	December 1, 1941 (1941-12-01) (Part 1 (Japan)) February 11, 1942 (1942-02-11) (Part 2 (Japan)) March 1979 (1979-03) (U.S.)
Running time	223 min. 112 min. (part 1) 111 min. (part 2)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The 47 Ronin (元禄 忠臣蔵, Genroku Chūshingura^?, "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers of the Genroku era") is a 1941/1942 black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. The film chronicles the end of the lives of the forty-seven Ronin.

Actors in the film include: