The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

6.8 159 min Movie
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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

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