Ronin
are masterless samurai. Chushingura is the true story of 47 samurai who
became masterless in 1701, after their lord had been forced to commit
ritual suicide (seppuku) for assaulting a court official who had
insulted him. They avenged him
by killing the court official after patiently planning for
over a year. They were themselves then forced to commit seppuku.
