

Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted as a tragic romance between one of the ronins, Jurozaemon Isogai, and Omino. An adaptation of Seika Mayama play "Genroku Chusingura, the Last Day of Oishi", which tells about the torments of life and death of samurai living in feudal times.

Senjaku Nakamura
Jurozaemon Isogai
Lead
Matsumoto Hakuō I
Kuranosuke Oishi

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Denemon Horiuchi

Minosuke Yamada
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Chikage Oogi
Omino
Someshō Matsumoto
Chuzaemon Yoshida
Shirō Tsuchiya
Soemon Hara
Akira Kitchôji
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