

In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Kira. Asano's vassals leave the land and his samurais become ronin and want to seek revenge against the Lord's dishonour. But their leader Kuranosuke Oishi seeks to restore the Asano clan with his brother Daigaku Asano. One year later, the Shogun refuses, and Oishi and 46 rōnin are out for revenge.

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Kan'emon Nakamura

Kunitarō Kawarasaki

Chōemon Bandō

Kikunojo Segawa

Utaemon Ichikawa

Yoshizaburo Arashi

Daisuke Katō

Seizaburō Kawazu

Mantoyo Mimasu

Mitsuko Miura

Mieko Takamine

Sukezō Sukedakaya

Shotaro Ichikawa

Kikunosuke Ichikawa

Enji Ichikawa

Shinzo Yamazaki

Sensho Ichikawa

Shoji Ichikawa

Iwagoro Ichikawa

Shinzaburo Ichikawa

Harunosuke Bando

Kimisaburo Nakamura

Minoru Bando

Ginjiro Bando

Tokusaburo Arashi

Tokujiro Tsutsui

Seiichi Katō

Ryôtarô Kawanami

Joji Kaieda

Hiroshi Ôuchi

Rokurō Ōkawa

Ryu Okochi

Mitsusaburō Ramon

Isamu Kosugi

Kazutoyo Mimasu

Masao Shimizu

Tetsu Tsuboi

Yoshito Yamaji

Aizo Tamashima

Kōmei Minami

Haruo Inoue

Tomiemon Otomo

Kiyoshi Kagawa

Yuzuru Kume

Chiyotaro Sawamura

Shingorō Nakamura

Toshio Arashi

Shoichiro Ichikawa

Sugako Takimi

Kazuko Okada

Fumiko Yamaji

Michiyo Kyomachi

Yasuko Mitsui

Shizue Kawarazaki

Tsuruzo Nakamura

Yōko Umemura