The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle

159 mins | Drama, Action | Oct. 28, 1978

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.

The Fall of Ako Castle

159 mins | Drama, Action | Oct. 28, 1978

The Fall of Ako Castle
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 赤穂城断絶
Directors Kinji Fukasaku
Writers Kōji Takada

Cast

Shin'ichi Chiba

as Fuwa Kazuemon

Kinnosuke Nakamura

as Oishi Kuranosuke

Masaomi Kondo

as Hashimoto Heizaemon

Toshirō Mifune

as Tsuchiya Michinao

Kyōko Enami

as Ukibashi

Tsunehiko Watase

as Kobayashi Heihachiro

Shinsuke Ashida

as Shikibe

Jun Fujimaki

as Yajuemon

Takuya Fujioka

as Kurobei Ohno

Mieko Harada

as Hatsu Hashimoto

Nobuo Kaneko

as Kira

Yoshi Katō

as Yahei Horibe

Hiroki Matsukata

as Denhachiro Tamon

Tōru Minegishi

as Yasubei Horibe

Yoshiko Mita

as Akuri

Kensaku Morita

as Jujiro

Sanae Nakahara

as Todano tsubone

Mikio Narita

as Kato

Yôko Natsuki

as Osen

Ken Nishida

as Daigagu Asano

Mariko Okada

as Riku Ohishi

Junkichi Orimoto

as Tokubei

Teruhiko Saigō

as Asano

Yûsuke Satô

as Yagashira

Harumi Sone

as Torii

Mizuho Suzuki

as Narrator

Maki Tachibana

as Shino Ohtaka

Ryō Tamura

as Uesugi

Tetsurō Tamba

as Yanagisawa

Minori Terada

as Gengo Ohtaka

Go Wakabayashi

as Araki

Shōji Yasui

as Uemon

Hideji Ôtaki

as Yamada

Matagoro Nakamura III

as Date Sakyōnosuke