Japan Synopsis
最後の忠臣蔵
16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses the country on a mission. His purpose is to find the families of the fallen samurais and spread the truth of the ronin uprising.
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
400 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Last Ronin sits at position #295.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Last Ronin premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,542 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (23rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,561 of 1,933 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
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| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., KADOKAWA, Memory-Tech, dentsu |
| Runtime | 2h 13m |
| Release Date | December 18, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1554522 |