The idea of Keanu Reeves playing a samurai sounds amazing, as does the idea of him joining forces with other samurai to battle supernatural threats. 47 Ronin falls way short of that potential, as its troubled production led to a messy film that was barely held together by a handful of performances ; chief among them were Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano , who recently reunited in Shōgun . Despite being a massive box office bomb, 47 Ronin would spawn a sequel nine years after its release with Blade of the 47 Ronin .

Blade of the 47 Ronin takes place 300 years after the events of 47 Ronin , when a thief named Luna ( Anna Akana ) attempts to sell off a sword that the 47 Ronin used to slay the witch Mizuki ( Rinko Kikuchi ). She ends up becoming emb

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