元祿美少年記

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.

Directors: Daisuke Itō, Hiroyuki Nagaoka.
Writer: Fuji Yahiro

Casts

	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

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