47 Ronin

Titolo originale: 47 Ronin
Regia: Carl Rinsch |
Anno: 2013
Origine: Japan | United States of America | United Kingdom |
Generi: Dramma Azione Fantasy
Tag: suicide | japan | samurai | based on true story | revenge | samurai sword | ronin | shogun | half breed | aggressive | vindictive |
Cast: Keanu Reeves | Hiroyuki Sanada | Ko Shibasaki | Tadanobu Asano | Min Tanaka | Rinko Kikuchi | Jin Akanishi | Masayoshi Haneda | Hiroshi Sogabe | Takato Yonemoto | Shû Nakajima | Hiroshi Yamada | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Tanroh Ishida | Yorick van Wageningen | Ron Bottitta | Natsuki Kunimoto | Togo Igawa | Akira Koieyama | Haruka Abe | Clyde Kusatsu | Junichi Kajioka | Masashi Fujimoto | Neil Fingleton | Rick Genest | Masayuki Deai |

Kai è un mezzosangue dalla natura poco chiara, indesiderato da tutti ma benvoluto dal signore locale, Asano. Davanti ai suoi occhi si svolgerà una lotta tra umano e disumano la cui prima vittima sarà proprio Asano, accusato di tentato omicidio dello shogun e quindi obbligato ad un suicidio per riparare il proprio onore. L'uomo in realtà era posseduto da un demone che trama nell'ombra. I 47 samurai rimasti orfani del proprio padrone (e quindi "ronin") decideranno di vendicarsi contro lo shogun e tutta la corte demoniaca che gira intorno a lui, ben consci che questo significherà una condanna a morte. A loro non potrà che unirsi nonostante le ritrosie iniziali anche Kai, che da anni è segretamente innamorato della figlia di Asano.

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The conversation between Sam and Jean-Pierre explains the history of the 47 Japanese Samurai who bec [...] D
According to Keanu Reeves, filming was first done in Japanese for the sake of the supporting cast, a [...] D
The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2008 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade s [...] D
After the Japanese box-office results came in, Universal wrote down the initial budget costs for the [...] D
Keanu Reeves is 1/4 Chinese-Hawaiian, dispelling the "white washing/white savior" arguments of many. [...] D
The film's budget ballooned to $175 million because of complex re-shoots and a lengthy post-producti [...] D
Since the marketing focused on the participation of Keanu Reeves, the movie was (and still is) false [...] D
Hiroyuki Sanada and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa both appeared in Revenge (2011) as the same character, Sato [...] D
According to costume designer Penny Rose, everyone had a customised costume in keeping with his or h [...] D
Keanu Reeves was hesitant to take on the role of Kai, he was worried his character wouldn't feel int [...] D
Carl Rinsch clashed with Universal over the final vision of the film. Universal wanted to make an ef [...] D
When executives at Universal saw an early cut of the film in 2011, they had concerns about the story [...] D
The arrows for the film were made by Michael Reape, a famous European arrow maker. A small amount of [...] D
Released in Spain as "The Legend of the Samurai". D
The witch's eyes have the medical condition called heterochromia. This is also referred to as "Oedip [...] D
Film debut of Rick Genest. D
The historical facts are that in 1701 the lord of Ako, Asano Naganori, was appointed to carry out ce [...] D
This is Carl Rinsch's directorial debut. D
Carl Rinsch was rumoured to have been kicked out of the editing room during post-production. D
The character of Kai seems to be patterned after Minamoto Yoshitsune, a twelfth-century warrior said [...] D
The literal translation of Ronin means "wave man/men" as it pertains to samurai who were not regular [...] D
This is Jin Akanishi's debut in a Hollywood film. D
The film has almost nothing in common with the original historical epic, being set "in a world of wi [...] D
The film was supposed to come out in November 2012, but after primary shooting was complete and just [...] D
Carl Rinsch originally wanted to make this film as an art-house samurai film. D
While all but two actors were Japanese and unfamiliar to western audiences, Hiroyuki Sanada is a ver [...] D
Due to studio interference, the film saw several script changes during filming, and a radical re-edi [...] D
Composer Javier Navarrete did a score for the original cut of the film which was not used. D
CinemaScore reported a positive B+ grade from first-weekend audiences. D
This is the seventh cinematic adaptation of the 47 Ronin incident, after I 47 ronin ribelli (1941), [...] D
Re-shoots were done in London during late August 2012, delayed by the Olympics and the filming of Ke [...] D
Not screened in advance for critics. D