The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
2h 39m
Running Time
October 28, 1978Release Date
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
2h 39m
Running Time
October 28, 1978Release Date
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Plot.
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
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Cast & Crew.

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Oishi Kuranosuke

Sonny Chiba
Fuwa Kazuemon

Tsunehiko Watase
Kobayashi Heihachiro

Teruhiko Saigō
Asano

Kyōko Enami
Ukibashi

Masaomi Kondo
Hashimoto Heizaemon

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Matagoro Nakamura III
Oishi Kuranosuke

Hiroki Matsukata
Denhachiro Tamon

Shinsuke Ashida
Shikibe

Jun Fujimaki
Yajuemon

Takuya Fujioka
Kurobei Ohno

Toshirō Mifune
Tsuchiya Michinao

Mieko Harada
Hatsu Hashimoto

Nobuo Kaneko
Kira

Yoshi Katō
Yahei Horibe

Toru Minegishi
Yasubei Horibe

Yoshiko Mita
Akuri

Kensaku Morita
Jujiro

Sanae Nakahara
Todano tsubone

Mikio Narita
Kato

Yoko Natsuki
Osen

Ken Nishida
Daigagu Asano

Mariko Okada
Riku Ohishi

Junkichi Orimoto
Tokubei

Yûsuke Satô
Yagashira

Harumi Sone
Torii

Mizuho Suzuki
Narrator

Maki Tachibana
Shino Ohtaka

Ryo Tamura
Uesugi

Tetsuro Tamba
Yanagisawa

Minori Terada
Gengo Ohtaka

Go Wakabayashi
Araki

Shōji Yasui
Uemon

Hideji Ōtaki
Yamada

Matagoro Nakamura III
Date Sakyōnosuke

Kinji Fukasaku
Director

Isamu Ichida
Editor

Norimichi Igawa
Production Design

Kōji Takada
Screenplay
Media.


Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1978
Original Name赤穂城断絶
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 39m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
samurai
chushingura
Wiki.
The Fall of Ako Castle (赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the forty-seven Ronin (Chūshingura). The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, including Shogun's Samurai.
The film received one nomination for the Award of the Japanese Academy for best cinematography.
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