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2h 39m

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

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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Kinji Fukasaku

Director

Kōji Takada

Screenplay

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Oishi Kuranosuke

Sonny Chiba

Fuwa Kazuemon

Tsunehiko Watase

Kobayashi Heihachiro

Teruhiko Saigō

Asano

Kyōko Enami

Ukibashi

Masaomi Kondo

Hashimoto Heizaemon

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Hiroki Matsukata

Denhachiro Tamon

Shinsuke Ashida

Shikibe

Jun Fujimaki

Yajuemon

Takuya Fujioka

Kurobei Ohno

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuchiya Michinao

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Oishi Kuranosuke

Sonny Chiba

Fuwa Kazuemon

Tsunehiko Watase

Kobayashi Heihachiro

Teruhiko Saigō

Asano

Kyōko Enami

Ukibashi

Masaomi Kondo

Hashimoto Heizaemon

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Hiroki Matsukata

Denhachiro Tamon

Shinsuke Ashida

Shikibe

Jun Fujimaki

Yajuemon

Takuya Fujioka

Kurobei Ohno

Toshirō Mifune

Tsuchiya Michinao

Extra

Release Date

October 28, 1978

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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Production Company

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