Kira Mansion Back Gate

...The play was performed by Zenshinza for three years from 1941, and was also made into a film (first part 1941, second part 1942) by director Kenji Mizoguchi. It is divided into "The Sword At Edo Castle" (2 acts, 3 scenes), "The Second Messenger" (1 act), "The Last Council" (prologue and 6 scenes), "Fushimi Shumoku-cho" (2 acts, 3 scenes), "Mihama Palace Tsunatoyo-kyo" (3 acts, 5 scenes), "The Parting in the Snow on Nanbuzaka" (2 acts, 4 scenes), "The Back Gate of Kira's Mansion" (1 act, 3 scenes), "Sengaku-ji" (4 scenes), "Sengoku Mansion" (2 acts, 4 scenes), and "Oishi's Last Day" (2 acts, 4 scenes). It is a full-length play about the revenge of the Ako Roshi, and is said to be one of the two great masterpieces of Chushingura dramatizations, along with the representative Kabuki work "Kanadehon Chushingura". ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kira Mansion Rear Gate" is listed below.

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…41年から3年間にわたり前進座が連続上演し，また溝口健二監督によって映画化(前編1941，後編1942)もされている。《江戸城の刃傷》(2幕3場)，《第二の使者》(1幕)，《最後の大評定》(序編と6場)，《伏見撞木（しゆもく）町》(2幕3場)，《御浜御殿綱豊卿》(3幕5場)，《南部坂雪の別れ》(2幕4場)，《吉良屋敷裏門》(1幕3場)，《泉岳寺》(4場)，《仙石屋敷》(2幕4場)，《大石最後の一日》(2幕4場)にわかれている。赤穂浪士の復讐事件を扱った長編戯曲で，歌舞伎の代表作《仮名手本忠臣蔵》とならんで，忠臣蔵劇化作品の中で二大巨峰といわれている。…

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