# 47 Ronin

47 Ronin is a 2013 American film about a band of samurai sets out to avenge the death and dishonor of their master at the hands of a ruthless shogun.
    Directed by Carl Rinsch, written by Chris Morgan and Walter Hamada, screenplay adapted by Chris Morgan and Hossein Amini.

## Narrator

* [First lines] Ancient feudal Japan, a land shrouded in mystery, forbidden to foreigners. A group of magical islands home to witches and demons. A nation of rival provinces whose lords were ruled by a shogun whose will is absolute. Peace in the realm is kept by the samurai, master swordsmen tasked with protecting their lord and their province at all costs. Should a samurai ever lose of fail his master, he suffers the greatest shame in all Japanese society. He becomes a ronin. And yet, to know they story of the 47 Ronin, is to know the story of all Japan.

## Yasuno

* [To a bowing Kai] I would rather have been killed by that beast than be saved by a half-breed.
* Kai, forgive me for not thanking you for defeating the beast and saving my life. A samurai does not take credit for victories of others. [Presents Basho's sword to Kai] This belonged to Basho. A samurai wears two swords. [Kai takes the sword and bows]

## Ôishi

* No one, but you and I, can know that you are, and will always be, the joy of my life.

## Riku

* [To Witch] My Lady, Kai has returned.

## Dialogue

    Lord Asano: I want all of Ako to share in this honor of hosting our great commander
    Mika: I have made special arrangements for the visiting lords, as well. I've ordered stands put up all along the route. Your mother would have been proud
    Riku: I was worried
    Yasuno: You always worry
    Riku: [Referring to practice dueling outside] He so wants your approval. Chikara has been training every chance he gets
    Riku: They told me you were hurt
    Kai: It's nothing, My Lady
    Riku: [Observes his back wound] Your back. Sit down. [Attends to his back wound] Someone should have seen to this before
    Kai: Thank you
    Riku: I saw the shame in Yasuno's eyes when they were praising him. Even when you try to help them, they hate you.
    Kai: Your father's samurai have always treated me as well as can be expected
    Riku: And is that all you expect?
    Kai: It's all I know
    Riku: [Puts hand on his shoulder] It doesn't have to be, Kai [Kai glances down and back at her]
    Kai: This is no place for you, my lady.
    Riku: Are you sending me away? Look at me and tell me you don't love me.
    Kai: I will always love you. But you have your place. and I have mine.
    Oishi: Where are my men
    Riku: They have all left Ako
    Oishi: And Lady Asano
    Riku: Her time of mourning is almost over. Lord Kira took her to his castle. to begin preparing for their wedding
    Oishi: Chikara, what of the half-breed?
    Chikara': Kira's men took him to the Dutch island and sold him into slavery.
    Oishi: We need three horses. Now. [Chikara gets up and walks away] Riku You must make the whole world believe you've divorced me. It is the only way to protect you from what I have to do. No one but you and I can know that you are and will always be the joy of my life
    Riku: I am the wife of a samurai. Whatever your duty is, it is mine too. [They hug]
    Mika: My father taught me this world was only a preparation for the next, that all we can ask is that we leave it having loved and being loved.
    Kai: I will search for you through 1,000 worlds and 10,000 lifetimes until I find you.
    Mika: I will wait for you in all of them.
    Shogun Tsunayoshi: For the crime of disobedience, you should all be executed as common criminals, but you and your men follow the old ways of Bushido, to honor your lord and to avenge treachery. I see only samurai before me. I grant you the samurai's death, to be buried alongside your lord, with honor.
    Ôishi: Thank you, your Highness.
    Ôishi: When a crime goes unpunished the world is unbalanced. When the wrong is unavenged the heavens look down on us in shame. We too must die for this circle of vengeace to be closed. We will leave this record of our courage so the world will know who we were and what we did. Tonight, we will regain our honor and avenge our lord. None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come, but soon, all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children feel when they speak our names. [Summons Kai to sign the document] Kai.
    Kai: [Kai signs his name and stamps his blood] We end this now.
    Ôishi: Now, we are 47!
    Tengu Lord: Was it worth it what you found in the outside world? The love of a woman you can never have?
    Kai: Yes.
    Tengu Lord: No matter what you do, Mika will never be yours in this life.
    Kai: Then I will go to my death and pray I find her in the next!
    Basho: Kai, I have a confession to make. When I was a boy, I used to wait in the woods outside your hut and when you came out, I threw stones at you and hide.
    Kai: I knew it was you. I could see your belly sticking out from behind the trees.
    Basho: I'm sorry, Kai. You're a good man.
    Ôishi: We will leave this record of our courage so the world will know who we were and what we did. Tonight, we will regain our honor and avenge our lord. None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come, but soon, all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children feel when they speak our names. [Summons Kai to sign the document] Kai.
    Kai: [Kai signs his name and stamps his blood] We end this now.
    Ôishi: Now, we are 47!

## Cast

* Keanu Reeves as Kai
* Hiroyuki Sanada as Oishi
* Kô Shibasaki as Mika
* Tadanobu Asano as Lord Kira
* Min Tanaka as Lord Asano
* Jin Akanishi as Chikara
* Masayoshi Haneda as Yasuno
* Hiroshi Sogabe as Hazama
* Takato Yonemoto as Basho
* Hiroshi Yamada as Hara
* Shû Nakajima as Horibe (as Shu Nakajima)
* Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shogun Tsunayoshi
* Neil Fingleton as Lovecraftian Samurai
* Rinko Kikuchi as Witch
* Natsuki Kunimoto as Riku
* Togo Igawa as Tengu Lord

## Taglines

* This Christmas, seize eternity.
* An outcast exiled, enslaved, destined for revenge.

## External links

* 47 Ronin quotes at the Internet Movie Database