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I’m sorry I hit the star and ended up recommending this post, which I only thought would let me view comments to it.

Even if your first remark was only a generalization of ronins; Samurai film culture embraces with high respect the lone-wolf Ronin, because it allows the director to combine, in one character, a fighting skill sharply honed through years of service along with the freewill of the individual.

You have the story incorrect. The ronin’s daimyo was young and brash and made an error which left him duty bound to the decision of his superiors to accept seppuku. The Samurai were never in a position to be part of a fight. It was then, as it was now, a boardroom decision. So even though the 47-Ronin’s dispersion…