There is a 1941 Japanese “The 47 Ronin” sub-titled in English. Of course the then current war overtones (in China) would have to have filtered down into the film. It is on Youtube and can be downloaded with proper firefox extension.
” ..1941 Japanese [film] ‘The 47 Ronin’...”
I’ve seen it. Most of the action (i.e. fights) take place off-screen, with the on-screen characters learning about them via letters and messages.
It is not Kurasawa.