In what ways does this depiction glorify or romanticize the actions of the rōnin?
Chūshingura Responses History of Japan ~ CHŪSHINGURA 忠臣蔵 The Significance of the 47 Rōnin Unlike in the cinema version that you watched, the actual story of the 47 rōnin when stripped of its mythological elements seems a much shadier affair: run largely by one man; supported by a few others who may have dragged their […]