When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is now a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai became ronin, samurai without a master. And so began their long plan for revenge on Kira. Their loyalty to their dead master made him famous, and people in Japan remember them to this day.

The story of the forty-seven ronin has been told and retold for 300 years – in plays, novels, and films. A major Hollywood film was made about the forty-seven ronin in 2013.

1701年的春天，當淺野長矩拔刀刺向了吉良義央，便展開了一段日本的不朽傳奇，吉良義央活了下來，但是淺野長矩卻死了，之後他的武士變成浪人──也就是沒有主人的武士，他們展開了向吉良義央復仇的長久計畫，他們對已故主人的忠誠十分出名，且現今的日本仍然記得這段佳話。

浪人47已經透過戲劇、小說及電影流傳了300年，2013年的好萊塢電影是關於浪人47的故事。