"Samurai should be judged by the samurai code."
After their lord assaults the official Lord Kira, he is forced to commit seppuku and his clan is disbanded. Subsequently Forty-seven of his samurai vow to avenge his death by killing Kira who they blame for the feud.
This is a long and slow re-telling of a famous Japanese tale, with very little action and one that omits to talk about the cause of the feud, concentrating instead on period detail and extoling the samurai code of honour.
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