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Name: 47 Ronin
Director: Carl Rinsch
Genre: action, drama, fantasy
Released: 2013
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Rating: 6.2

47 Ronin has an iRankMovies score of 42.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

47 Ronin (2013)

For courage. For loyalty. For honor.

Release:2013

Runtime:1h 59m

Country:Japan

Director:Carl Rinsch

Language:English

Genre

ActionDramaFantasy

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Keywords

Suicide Martial Arts JapanSamuraiBased On True StoryrevengeSamurai SwordRonin

iRank43

47 Ronin rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.2/10· 179K votes

Rotten Tomatoes16%

Metacritic28%

TMDb6.205/10· 4K votes

With 16% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.2/10 on IMDb and 28/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About 47 Ronin

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.

Cast of 47 Ronin

Keanu Reeves
as Kai
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
Ko Shibasaki
as Mika
Tadanobu Asano
as Lord Kira
Min Tanaka
as Lord Asano
Rinko Kikuchi
as Witch
Jin Akanishi
as Chikara
Masayoshi Haneda
as Yasuno
Hiroshi Sogabe
as Hazama
Takato Yonemoto
as Basho
Shû Nakajima
as Horibe
Hiroshi Yamada
as Hara

47 Ronin facts

Budget: $175M
Box office: $151.8M
Collection: 47 Ronin Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Japanese setting provides visually distinct aesthetic from typical action fare
•Martial arts choreography delivers stylized combat sequences with cultural detail
•Samurai code narrative explores honor and redemption themes thoughtfully

What the audience disliked

•Expensive production values underserved by weak narrative structure overall
•Critics pan whitewashing casting and melodramatic execution of historical premise

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