47 Ronin
For courage. For loyalty. For honor.
Country
Production
Budget
$175 000 000
Box office
$151 783 839
Director
Carl Rinsch
Actors
Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Min Tanaka, Rinko Kikuchi, Jin Akanishi, Masayoshi Haneda, Hiroshi Sogabe, Takato Yonemoto
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Eric McLeod, Pamela Abdy, Scott Stuber, Chris Fenton, Walter Hamada
Camera operator
Composer
Ilan Eshkeri
Artist
Jan Roelfs, Gavin Fitch, Gary Jopling
Audition
Denise Chamian, Priscilla John, Ania Kamieniecki-O'Hare
Editing
Short description
Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
What's left behind the scenes
- The role of the one responsible for Prince Asano's death is played by actor Tadanobu Asano.
- Filming began on March 14, 2011, and took place in Budapest, London, Japan, and on the Isle of Skye.
- Alongside Keanu Reeves, roles were given to five Japanese actors (Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi, Ko Shibasaki, and Jin Akanishi) to make the story more authentic, rather than choosing actors recognizable in the US.
- According to Keanu Reeves, specifically for the sake of the supporting actors, filming initially took place in Japanese and then in English.
- According to Keanu Reeves, for the benefit of the supporting actors, scenes were first filmed in Japanese and then in English.
- The person responsible for Lord Asano's death is played by actor Tadanobu Asano.
- According to costume designer Penny Rose, everyone had costumes tailored to fit the background: 'Based on the culture, the attire should have been uniform—kimonos—but we staged a sort of "fashion" revolution in that direction and added various colors.'
- The arrows for the film were made by the renowned European master Michael Reape. A small number of arrows were crafted in "museum quality" for close-up shots.
- Specifically for the film, 300 bamboo shoots, each 15 meters high, and one-meter-tall bonsai trees over a hundred years old were brought to the London set from Italy.
- According to costume designer Penny Rose, everyone had costumes tailored to the background: "Based on the culture, the form of clothing had to be one thing – a kimono, but we made a sort of 'fashionable' twist on it and added different colors."
- This is Karl Rinsch's directorial debut.
- This is Carl Rinsch's directorial debut.
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