Vendetta of Obligation

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Toshio Masuda

Status Released

Release Date 1985-12-30

Storyline

This is the story of the 47 ronin of the Ako clan who rose up to avenge the brutal death of their beloved master Asano Takumi-no-kami after his failed attack on the vile Lord Kira led to his being ordered to commit ritual suicide in a garden on the grounds of the shogun's palace.