The 47 Ronin

- IMPORT FROM SOUTH KOREA - PART 1 AND 2 ARE ON 1 DVD DISC (222 MINUTES) - (PART 2 STARTS AFTER END CREDITS OF PART 1) - ORIGINAL JAPANESE LANGUAGE - OPTIONAL SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH, KOREAN, or NONE - NORTH AMERICA NTSC REGION FREE DVD - ASIAN TEXT ON FRONT AND BACK OF ARTWORK. - Produced over a two-year period, Kenji Mizoguchi's version of the oft-filmed Seika Mayama story The 47 Ronin was too big to be confined to a single film. Thus, it was released in two parts, each running between 105 and 115 minutes. Both parts are now released on 1 DVD disc. - Lord Asano resists a bribery attempt by a member of the Shogun's court. His honesty, however, is useless against the corruption of the administration, and he is forced to commit harakiri. His samurai retinue are dispersed as masterless ronin. The leader of the samurai, Oichi, plots with a loyal band of ronin to seek revenge for their master's dishonor.