Nothing to say about actual movies, but the Derb family DVD rental for this weekend is Chushingura, a movie-fictional retelling of the story of the 47 Ronin, one of THE great stories in world history. Honor, disgrace, and revenge in old Japan. If my kids grow up knowing nothing else about Japanese culture, this will take them a fair way into it.

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Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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