The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979)
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The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979)
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Plot.
Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Akō-han is demolished by the Tokugawa shogunate. Hotta Hayato is a ronin who is living a desperate life because of his sad past. But one day he starts working for Chisaka Takafusa, the Chief retainer of the Uesugi clan. The Uesugi clan and Chisaka are wary of Ōishi Kuranosuke and Ako Roshi's movements, so Chisaka orders Hotta to observe Ōishi Kuranosuke.
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Cast & Crew.
Tomoko Aihara
Okô
Shigeru Amachi
Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
Gorō Ibuki
Horibe Yasubei
Nobuo Kawai
Fujii Mataemon
Yūsuke Kawazu
Kobayashi Heihachirô
Kyôko Kishida
Ôishi Riku
Akiji Kobayashi
Hara Soemon
Ken Matsudaira
Asano Takumi-no-Kami
Hiroki Matsukata
Keiko Matsuzaka
Aguri
Yūki Meguro
Uesugi Noritsuna
Toshirō Mifune
Tachibana Sakon
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Tan Takaiwa
Executive Producer
Hitoshi Ōzu
Director
Tokuzō Tanaka
Director
Tadashi Sawashima
Director
Minoru Matsushima
Director
Mitsuo Murayama
Director
Hitoshi Ozu
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Screenplay
Kei Tasaka
Screenplay
Ikuko Okamoto
Screenplay
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 16, 1979
Original Name赤穂浪士
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes36
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This TV Show Is About.
jidai geki
Scripted
edo period
Wiki.
Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in 1979. It is based on Jirō Osaragi's novel of the same title. It depicts the story of the revenge of the forty-seven rōnin of Ako against Lord Kira from Hotta Hayato's point of view. Kaneto Shindo was in charge of the script for several episodes.