This Christmas, seize eternity
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The legend is born
47 Ronin (2013)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1335975/
| Year Filmed: | 2011 |
| Director: | Carl Rinsch |
| Writers: | Chris Morgan, Hossein Amini |
| Runtime: | 119 min |
| Script: | Draft 1.3  |
| Articles: | Focus: '47 Ronin' Tagged '47 Ronin' |
| Keanu Reeves | Kai |
| Tadanobu Asano | Lord Kira |
| Hiroyuki Sanada | Kuranosuke Ôishi |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Shogun |
| Rinko Kikuchi | Mizuki |
| Yorick van Wageningen | Kapitan |
| Jin Akanishi | Chikara Ôishi |
| Ko Shibasaki | Mika |
| Togo Igawa | Tengu Lord |
Summary
A retelling of the true 18th-century Japanese legend involving a group of samurai who set out to avenge the death of their master.
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Reviews
| A good popcorn movie. (2017-03-16 12:43:04) | |
 Forum Posts: 82 Comments: 4 Reviews: 21 | As this movie was based off of a well known passed down story, I didn't like how it was executed. If it were just a story written up for a move, and had no cultural background, it would have been better in my eyes. Even I (an American female, with no known ties to Japanese culture) knew of this story since perhaps High School, which was about 11 years ago.
Keanu shows a pretty decent amount of skill in the style of acting that is required of someone in this type of film. What I noticed about Japanese movies is that even when the movie is an action, there's a soulful nuance in the performance. Every expression, every movement has meaning. The romance angle was nice (while not entirely unexpected.), and who doesn't like to see Keanu play a character who's in love? This is a good popcorn movie. |
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