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[[Image:Chushingura_TVAsahi.jpg|frame|400px|Chushingura (2004)]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 忠臣蔵
*'''Title (romaji):''' Chushingura
*'''Genre:''' Historical, samurai
*'''Episodes:''' 9
*'''Broadcast network:''' TV Asahi
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2004-Oct-18 to 2004-Dec-13

==Synopsis==
Chushingura is actually better known as the tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin. It is a prototypical Japanese story. Described by one noted Japan scholar as the country's "national legend", it recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushido, and vividly expresses a significant part of the traditional Japanese world-view.

The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (became ronin) after their master, Lord Asano ([[Sawamura Ikki]]) was forced to commit ritual suicide for assaulting a court official, Lord Kira ([[Ito Shiro]]), who earlier insulted him. Oshishi Kuranosuke ([[Matsudaira Ken]]) leads the ronin in an effort to seek revenge for their beloved Lord's wrongful death. ''--- groink''

==Cast==
*[[Matsudaira Ken]] as Ohishi Kuranosuke
*[[Sawamura Ikki]] as Asano Takuminokami
*[[Ito Shiro]] as Kira Kozukenosuke
*[[Tsugawa Masahiko]] as Tokugawa Tsuyanoshi
*[[Haraizumi Sei]] as Kakogawa Honzo
*[[Naraoka Tomoko]] as the narrator
*[[Kobayashi Tsubasa]]
*[[Natsuyagi Isao]]
*[[Watanabe Dai]]
*[[Otake Shinobu]]
*[[Terajima Susumu]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/chushingura/ TV Asahi official Chushingura page]

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