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Takeyama co-wrote director Kon Ichikawa's 1994 film 47 Ronin, working on the screenplay with the director.

Variety writes of the film's storyline that it, " reportedly sticks closer to the historical events than other versions have ," and that it is, " clean and uninflected, with the action zipping back and forth between a series of indoor locations ( denoted by captions ).

" The review points out that the amount of historical detail given in the film is likely to alienate audiences who are not familiar with the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.