
Chûshingura(1962)
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.


Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.

Koichi Sato
Iemon Tamiya

Saki Takaoka
Oiwa

Keiko Oginome
Oume

Renji Ishibashi
Kihei Itô

Eri Watanabe
Omaki

Shōhei Hino
Kanpei Yokokawa

Naomasa Musaka
Takuetsu

Maiko Kikuchi
Okaru

Tsutomu Shimomoto
Kiminobu Okumura
Crest of Betrayal is a horror, drama, action, history, fantasy film released in 1994 exploring themes of chushingura. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, it stars Koichi Sato, Saki Takaoka, Keiko Oginome. Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.
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After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord Kira. Lord Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the dishonor of their Lord. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi asks the Shogun to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses his request and Oishi and forty-six ronin revenge their Lord.