The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
Action
Drama
History
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.
Cast
Oishi Kuranosuke
Fuwa Kazuemon
Kurobei Ohno
Tsuchiya Michinao
Hatsu Hashimoto
Kira
Yahei Horibe
Yasubei Horibe
Akuri
Jujiro
Todano tsubone
Kobayashi Heihachiro
Kato
Osen
Daigagu Asano
Riku Ohishi
Tokubei
Yagashira
Torii
Narrator
Shino Ohtaka
Asano
Uesugi
Yanagisawa
Gengo Ohtaka
Araki
Uemon
Yamada
Date Sakyōnosuke
Ukibashi
Hashimoto Heizaemon
Denhachiro Tamon
Shikibe
Yajuemon
Crew
Director
Screenplay
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Production Design
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