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Best Sound Editing Music in a Feature Film | 2014
Budget 175,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 151,783,839 USD
Carl Rinsch clashed with Universal over the final vision of the film. Universal wanted to make an effects-driven fantasy blockbuster akin to Avatar (2009) or The Lord of the Rings, while Rinsch envisioned the film as more of a drama, such as Gladiator (2000), or Kingdom of Heaven (2005).
According to Keanu Reeves, filming was first done in Japanese for the sake of the supporting cast, and then filming was done in English.
This is the seventh cinematic adaptation of the 47 Ronin incident, after The 47 Ronin (1941), The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958), Chushingura (1962), The Fall of Ako Castle (1978), 47 Ronin (1994), and The Last Ronin (2010). This is however the first Hollywood cinematic adaptation.
The film's budget ballooned to $175 million because of complex re-shoots and a lengthy post-production period. While not a success in cinemas, it did well on VOD, DVD, and Blu-ray.
The character of Kai seems to be patterned after Minamoto Yoshitsune, a twelfth-century warrior said to have been trained in martial arts by Tengu.
"Mika: My father taught 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. Kai: I will search for you through 1,000 worlds and 10,000 lifetimes until I find you. Mika: I will wait for you in all of them."
"Shogun Tsunayoshi: For the crime of disobedience, you should all be executed as common criminals, but you and your men follow the old ways of Bushido, to honor your lord and to avenge treachery. I see only samurai before me. I grant you the samurai's death, to be buried alongside your lord, with honor. Ôishi: Thank you, your Highness."
