 An episode of the "tokusatsu" show "Juken Sentai Gekiranger" features its own spin on the Chūshingura, with the main heroes being sent back in time and Kira having been possessed by a "Rin Jyu Ken" user, whom they defeat before the Akō incident starts, and thus not interfering with it.The ballet choreographer Maurice Béjart created a ballet work called "The Kabuki" based on the Chushingura legend in 1986, and it has been performed more than 140 times in 14 nations worldwide by 2006.The story was turned into an opera, "Chūshingura", by Shigeaki Saegusa in 1997.