47 Ronin (2013)
2013 film directed by Carl Rinsch
- Released
- 6 December 2013
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Genre
- Samurai film
- Director
- Carl Rinsch
- Screenplay
- Hossein Amini, Chris Morgan
- Producer
- Scott Stuber, Michael Taccetta
- Music
- Ilan Eshkeri
- Cinematography
- John Mathieson
- Editing
- Craig Wood, Stuart Baird
- Starring
- Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jin Akanishi, Rinko Kikuchi, Tadanobu Asano, Kajioka Junichi, Yorick van Wageningen, Togo Igawa
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Production company
- Universal Pictures, Moving Picture Company, Village Roadshow Pictures
- Distributor
- Universal Pictures, UIP-Dunafilm, Netflix
- Box office
- $151.8 million
- Budget
- $175 million
- Set in
- Japan
47 Ronin is a 2013 American historical fantasy action film directed by Carl Rinsch in his sole theatrical directorial effort. Written by Chris Morgan and Hossein Amini from a story conceived by Morgan and Walter Hamada, the film is a work of Chūshingura ("The Treasury of Loyal Retainers"), a fictionalized account of the forty-seven rōnin, a real-life group of masterless samurai in 18th-century Japan who avenged the death of their daimyō Asano Naganori by battling his rival Kira Yoshinaka. Starring Keanu Reeves in the lead role along with Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi and Ko Shibasaki, the film bears little resemblance to its historical basis compared to previous adaptations, and instead serves as a stylized interpretation set "in a world of witches and giants."
Cast
- Keanu Reeves
- Hiroyuki Sanada
- Jin Akanishi
- Rinko Kikuchi
- Tadanobu Asano
- Kajioka Junichi
- Yorick van Wageningen
- Togo Igawa
- Kō Shibasaki
- Tanroh Ishida
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Min Tanaka
- Neil Fingleton
- Clyde Kusatsu
- Haruka Abe
- Gedde Watanabe
- Rick Genest
- Le Rire Jaune
Series
- Followed by: Blade of the 47 Ronin
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q2816898 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.