JRand55 and BK, you must see CHUSHINGURA!
Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Akihito Hirata, Yosuke Natsuki, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Akira Kubo, Yumi Shirakawa, Takashi Shimura, Sachio Sakai, Franky Sakai, Esie Amamoto, Tadao Takashima, Yuriko Hoshi, Kenji Sahara and Mie Hama are all in the very huge cast...
...and with music by Akira Ifukube...
......it is like watching a whole bunch of Godzilla/Rodan/Mothra movies...but without the monsters! And then there is Toshiro Mifune as well!