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Saigo No Chushingura

Based on the legendary samurai tale which has been adapted countless times for stage and screen over the past three centuries. Koji Yakusho and Koichi Sato play two survivors on both sides of an attack by 47 ronin (masterless samurai) on the mansion of a government official whose persecution of their lord led to his untimely death. Warner Brothers Japan’s first fully in-house production.

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