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that brought you into this world.

An English sailor and a peasant girl.

Your loving mother

abandoned you to die in these woods.

A monster, a half-breed child.

Yet we found you,

accepted you, trained you.

We taught you many things.

But you fled

and you turned your back on those gifts.

Gifts of death.

No matter what you do,

Mika will never be yours in this life.

Then I will go to my death

and pray I find her in the next.

Sir?

What are you doing here?

I told you to stay.

No! Yasuno!

Draw your sword.

Save them.

Draw your sword.

Save them.

Draw your sword.

Save your men!

No more talk.

Will you give me what I ask?

Take the blade, Kai.

If you can reach it before me.

Save your men. Help them.

Draw your sword, Oishi.

Save them.

Chikara!

A gift not forgotten.

You passed their test.

Your men are safe.

You've got your swords.

What's so special

about these swords?

What do they do?

It depends.

On what?

Who uses them.

What about a tall, strong,

brave man like me?

They cut.

I think mine is broken.

Your sword.

You keep it, Hazama.

I told you we'd bring others.

I have the information you requested.

Lord Kira leaves for

his ancestors' shrine tonight.

Well done.

Come, Isogai. Gather the men.

Father.

I want to go with you.

No.

Horibe, stay with him.

I ride to my ancestors' shrine

to offer thanks for our wedding.

Is there anything you wish me to pray for?

My Lord will not like my answer.

You may look down on me, My Lady,

but our children

and their children will be of one blood.

Take care, Hazama.

Sorry.

It's a trap! Go! Go!

Get back! Get back!

Get out!

Yasuno!

Yasuno!

Oishi, help me! It's Basho.

Hazama!

- No!

- Oishi!

It belonged to Oishi, My Lord.

Your half-breed is dead.

So are dozens of your father's men.

All killed

trying to save you.

Perhaps now you understand

the price of your love.

I promised my lord

I would not harm

a hair on your head.

But what you do to yourself

is not my concern.

Good night.

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'd throw stones at you,

then hide.

I knew it was you.

I could see your belly

sticking out from behind the trees.

I'm sorry, Kai.

You're a good man.

I should have acted the

day Lord Asano died.

Our anger should have been

sudden and swift.

Then even if we'd failed,

it would have been with honor.

You are samurai.

We still have swords

and the advantage of surprise.

Kira thinks we're ghosts.

We can use that, turn it to our advantage.

He'll never expect us.

We can still do what we came for.

Eat.

- Your arm?

- Fine.

Go get your father.

Stay where you are!

What is this?

We are not some village troupe

to be held up by bandits.

Lord Kira himself has hired us

to perform at his wedding.

I have the letters and passes to prove it.

There is no need.

We saw you perform in Ako.

You are Lord Asano's men.

We need your help.

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.

This belonged to Basho.

A samurai wears two swords.

When a crime goes unpunished,

the world is unbalanced.

When a wrong is unavenged,

the heavens look down on us in shame.

We too must die

for this circle of vengeance 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.

Kai.

We end this now.

Now

we are 47.

What do you see?

The omens are good.

Soon you will travel far.

In every town and village,

people shall bow before you.

Halt!

Let them through.

Five minutes!

Lord Kira, we are proud to present to you

our performance as a gift for your wedding.

Don't hurt the princess!

Kai!

Get them!

Stay there!

I knew you'd come for me.

Nothing will ever keep me away from you.

Nothing, half-breed?

Even death?

I know what you are.

You have no idea.

I'm not afraid of you.

You should be.

Come on.

Know now the depth of my lord's courage.

In the name of Lord Asano of Ako!

For Lord Asano!

Chikara.

Rest now, My Lord.

You are avenged.

Oishi,

I gave you a command

forbidding you to take revenge.

Forgive me, Your Highness,

but a man may not live

under the same heaven

as the murderer of his lord.

All I ask is respect for my men.

They are brave, My Lord.

The bravest I know.

I beg you to let them die

with the dignity they deserve.

For the crime of disobedience,

you should all be executed

as common criminals.

But you and your men

followed the old ways of Bushido

to honor your lord

and to avenge treachery.

I see only samurai before me.

I grant you a samurai's death,

to be buried alongside your lord

with honor.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Lady Asano is like her father.

She will make Ako great again.

Yes.

I know.

My father told 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.

I will search for you through 1,000 worlds

and 10,000 lifetimes until I find you.

I will wait for you in all of them.

Wait!

Chikara,

son of Oishi,

step out.

Oishi,

I will not deny our country your bloodline.

Your son shall live

to serve Ako

as you and your samurai have done.

I will search for you

through 1,000 worlds

and 10,000 lifetimes

until I find you.

The memory of the 47 Ronin

who put duty and justice

before their fear of death

has lived down through the centuries

as one of the greatest examples

of honor and loyalty

in Japanese culture.

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