The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
2h 39m
Running Time
October 28, 1978Release Date
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
2h 39m
Running Time
October 28, 1978Release Date
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Sonny Chiba
Kazuemon Fuwa
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Kuranosuke Ohishi
Tsunehiko Watase
Heihachiro Kobayashi
Teruhiko Saigō
Asano
Masaomi Kondo
Hashimoto
Toshirō Mifune
Tsuchiya
Kyōko Enami
Ukibashi
Mitsuteru Nakamura
Oishi Kuranosuke
Hiroki Matsukata
Denhachiro Tamon
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Shikibe
Shinsuke Ashida
Shikibe
Takuya Fujioka
Kurobei Ohno
Jun Fujimaki
Yajuemon
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Kōji Takada
Writer
Toshiaki Tsushima
Composer
Mieko Harada
Hatsu Hashimoto
Nobuo Kaneko
Kira
Yoshio Miyajima
Cinematographer
Hanjirō Nakazawa
Cinematographer
Yoshi Katō
Yahei Horibe
Toru Minegishi
Yasubei Horibe
Yoshiko Mita
Akuri
Kensaku Morita
Jujiro
Sanae Nakahara
Todano tsubone
Mikio Narita
Kato
Yoko Natsuki
Osen
Ken Nishida
Daigagu Asano
Mariko Okada
Riku Ohishi
Junkichi Orimoto
Tokubei
Yûsuke Satô
Yagashira
Harumi Sone
Torii
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1978
Original Name赤穂城断絶
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 39m
Genres
Wiki.
The Fall of Ako Castle (赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the forty-seven Ronin (Chūshingura). The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, including Shogun's Samurai.
The film received one nomination for the Award of the Japanese Academy for best cinematography.
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