The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

  • NR
  • 10/28/1978 (JP)
  • Action, Drama, History
  • 2h 39m

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.

Kinji Fukasaku

Director

Kōji Takada

Screenplay

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura's headshot

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Oishi Kuranosuke
Sonny Chiba's headshot

Sonny Chiba

Fuwa Kazuemon
Tsunehiko Watase's headshot

Tsunehiko Watase

Kobayashi Heihachiro
Teruhiko Saigō's headshot

Teruhiko Saigō

Asano
Kyōko Enami's headshot

Kyōko Enami

Ukibashi
Masaomi Kondo's headshot

Masaomi Kondo

Hashimoto Heizaemon
Shinsuke Mikimoto's headshot

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Hiroki Matsukata's headshot

Hiroki Matsukata

Denhachiro Tamon

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