Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962)
1962 film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
- Released
- 1962
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- Samurai film
- Director
- Hiroshi Inagaki
- Music
- Akira Ifukube
- Starring
- Akira Takarada, Makoto Satō, Toshirō Mifune, Akira Kubo, Takashi Shimura, Yūzō Kayama, Tadao Takashima, Daisuke Katō
- Running time
- 207 minutes
- Production company
- Toho
- Distributor
- Toho, Netflix
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻, Chushingura: Story of Flower, Story of Snow) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki epic film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it is based on the story of the forty-seven rōnin. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Genba Tawaraboshi, along with Matsumoto Hakuō I, Yūzō Kayama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Akira Takarada, Yosuke Natsuki, Makoto Satō, Tadao Takashima, and Setsuko Hara in her final film role.
Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki was released theatrically in Japan on 3 November 1962. It was released under the title 47 Samurai in the United States.
Cast
- Akira Takarada
- Makoto Satō
- Toshirō Mifune
- Akira Kubo
- Takashi Shimura
- Yūzō Kayama
- Tadao Takashima
- Daisuke Katō
- Keiju Kobayashi
- Ryō Ikebe
- Setsuko Hara
- Yōko Tsukasa
- Reiko Dan
- Yuriko Hoshi
More films directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
- Samurai Trilogy 1954
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple 1955
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956
- Rickshaw Man 1958
- Life of an Expert Swordsman 1959
- The Story of Osaka Castle 1961
- Machibuse 1970
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q3390530 (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.