The book has been considered the truth and accurate depiction of the samurai of the past. This misleads foreigners into believing that bushido can explain all of Japan, portraying the Japanese as dedicated, courageous, and honorable people. In fact, the concept of bushido was "an idealized version" (Benesch 2) that was "formulated and popularized" (Benesch 2) by Inazo Nitobe. Since bushido is only an ideology, it cannot be used to describe all Japanese people. The film also emphasizes the idea of ​​bushido by showing the ronin's blind loyalty to their lord. Loyalty was certainly a factor that drove them to avenge their lord, but the film seems to ignore other possible factors and exaggerates their loyalty. In reality, ronin were unwilling to die a "needless death" without accomplishing something (the Ako Incident: 1701-1703), which caused them to seek revenge rather than commit junshi . Their motivation was therefore not only to avenge their master but to accomplish something in the last moments of their lives. In our opinion, there were also other factors that pushed them to avenge Lord Asano, such as their dependence on him. During the peaceful periods of the Edo period, where