The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle

1978
2h 39m
6.7

6.7/10

25 votes • View on IMDb
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Overview

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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Production Information

Production Companies
Toei Company
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

samurai jidaigeki edo period vengeance chushingura

Quick Facts

Original Title 赤穂城断絶
Release Date October 28, 1978
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0077135

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Kinnosuke Nakamura

Oishi Kuranosuke

Sonny Chiba
Sonny Chiba

Fuwa Kazuemon

Tsunehiko Watase
Tsunehiko Watase

Kobayashi Heihachiro

Teruhiko Saigō
Teruhiko Saigō

Asano

Kyōko Enami
Kyōko Enami

Ukibashi

Masaomi Kondo
Masaomi Kondo

Hashimoto Heizaemon

Shinsuke Mikimoto
Shinsuke Mikimoto

Hiroki Matsukata
Hiroki Matsukata

Denhachiro Tamon

Shinsuke Ashida
Shinsuke Ashida

Shikibe

Jun Fujimaki
Jun Fujimaki

Yajuemon

Takuya Fujioka
Takuya Fujioka

Kurobei Ohno

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune

Tsuchiya Michinao

Key Crew

Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Kōji Takada
Screenplay