The story of the 47 ronin—disgraced samurai who avenged their - TopicsExpress



          

The story of the 47 ronin—disgraced samurai who avenged their master despite the shogunate’s strict forbiddance—is one of the most popular tales in Japanese history. Books have been written, operas composed and numerous movies made (the most notable in 1941 by the great Kenji Mizoguchi). Now the English-speaking world gets a moronically loud and obnoxious version of its own, tarted up with mythical monsters, gravity-defying swordplay and Keanu Reeves.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:25:17 +0000

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