About this episode

This episode discusses the film 47 Ronin (2013), its production, and its cultural significance in Japan.

An A-list Japanese cast. An international action star. A budget somewhere between $175million and $225 million. A director making his first feature film. A box office bomb so bad the studio wrote it off the day after it was released. The story of the 47 Ronin is a fixture of Japanese culture, but this is the story of 47 Ronin (2013), and what came after. No spoilers but there’s a twist in this one. John Carreyrou's original reporting on the Conquest Saga We have a Patreon if you want to support the show with extra contractual discretionary funding. If you want to email someone to ask for $5million, best avoid goingroguetansy@gmail.com CLIPS 47 Ronin (dir. Carl Rinsch) 47 Ronin Press Conference 47 Ronin Fight Featurette 300 (dir Zack Snyder) Democracy Manifest MUSIC “Expeditionary”, “The Chamber”, “Five Armies”, “Malicious”, “Night Vigil”, “On The Ground”, “Ancient Rite”, “Oppressive Gloom”, “Decline”, “The Descent”, “Finding Movement”, “Divertissement”, “Floating City”, “Covert Affair”, “I Knew A Guy”, & “Marty Gots A Plan”, “Hard Boiled”, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”, “Walking Along”, “Modern Jazz Samba”, “Gymnopedie No 1" Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) “Suspended…

People in this episode

Host: Tansy Gardam

Topics covered

• film analysis
• Japanese culture
• box office failures
• action movies
• director debut

Keywords

• 47 Ronin
• Carl Rinsch
• box office bomb
• Japanese culture
• action star

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 47 Ronin, Carl Rinsch, Zack Snyder

Books & works: 47 Ronin (2013), 300

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