The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle

1978 ja 159 minutes

Rating: 6.6

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

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

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada

Hatsu Hashimoto

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Kira

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Yahei Horibe

Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi

Yasubei Horibe

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

Akuri

Kensaku Morita

Kensaku Morita

Jujiro

Sanae Nakahara

Sanae Nakahara

Todano tsubone

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Kato

Yoko Natsuki

Yoko Natsuki

Osen

Ken Nishida

Ken Nishida

Daigagu Asano

Ryō Nishida

Ryō Nishida

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Riku Ohishi

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto

Tokubei

Yûsuke Satô

Yûsuke Satô

Yagashira

Harumi Sone

Harumi Sone

Torii

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki

Narrator

Maki Tachibana

Maki Tachibana

Shino Ohtaka

Ryo Tamura

Ryo Tamura

Uesugi

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Yanagisawa

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

Gengo Ohtaka

Go Wakabayashi

Go Wakabayashi

Araki

Shōji Yasui

Shōji Yasui

Uemon

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Yamada

Matagoro Nakamura III

Matagoro Nakamura III

Date Sakyōnosuke

浅川かがり

浅川かがり

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