Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (, Chushingura: Story of Flower, Story of Snow) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki epic film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it is based on the story of the forty-seven rōnin. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Genba Tawaraboshi, along with Matsumoto Hakuō I, Yūzō Kayama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Akira Takarada, Yosuke Natsuki, Makoto Satō, and Tadao Takashima.

Plot

The ruling ''shōgun'', Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, appoints Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori, the daimyō of Akō, as his representative to host envoys from the Imperial Court. He also appoints the protocol official (kōke) Kira Kōzuke-no-suke Yoshinaka to instruct Asano in the intricate ceremonies required of his new position. Asano is young and idealistic and does not understand Kira's expectation that he should be given bribes as compensation for the time spent on their lessons; in his idealistic perspective, such things are a corruption of government and its just operation. When Kira becomes aware of his defiance, he decides to teach his student a lesson in manners and customs by withholding commonly expected courtesies to rebuke him.