"Kenji Mizoguchi." Encylopedia of World Biography. 2004

   This is a encylopedia article on the life and career of Kenji Mizoguchi. It explains hows Mizoguchi's version delves into explorations of the samurai code, its ceremonies and obligations. It also mentions that Mizoguchi's wife was committed to a mental asylum during filming. The article explains how Mizoguchi's belief of pathos lead him to emphasize punishment over triumph by neglecting to show the violent revenge of the ronin and instead, showing their death.

     This article is helpful in showing how Mizoguchi's beliefs and the events going on in his life at the time affected the way he remade the story. The fact that the film explores the oblligations and ceremonies of the samurai code explains why the main theme of the story was the way of the samurai and not an attempt to boost morale of the Japanese soldiers during World War II.