The Fall of Ako Castle
赤穂城断絶
Release: 1978-10-28
·Runtime: 159m
·★ 6.6
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tsunehiko Watase
as Kobayashi Heihachiro
Masaomi Kondo
as Hashimoto Heizaemon
Toshirō Mifune
as Tsuchiya Michinao
Nobuo Kaneko
as Kira
Toru Minegishi
as Yasubei Horibe
Kensaku Morita
as Jujiro
Yoko Natsuki
as Osen
Mariko Okada
as Riku Ohishi
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Hiroki Matsukata
as Denhachiro Tamon
Ryo Tamura
as Uesugi
Go Wakabayashi
as Araki
Tetsuro Tamba
as Yanagisawa
Sonny Chiba
as Fuwa Kazuemon
Teruhiko Saigō
as Asano
Jun Fujimaki
as Yajuemon
Mieko Harada
as Hatsu Hashimoto
Yûsuke Satô
as Yagashira
Shinsuke Ashida
as Shikibe
Junkichi Orimoto
as Tokubei
Harumi Sone
as Torii
Mizuho Suzuki
as Narrator
Minori Terada
as Gengo Ohtaka
Shōji Yasui
as Uemon
Hideji Ōtaki
as Yamada
Kyōko Enami
as Ukibashi
Yoshi Katō
as Yahei Horibe
Yoshiko Mita
as Akuri
Sanae Nakahara
as Todano tsubone
Mikio Narita
as Kato
Ken Nishida
as Daigagu Asano
Ryō Nishida
Seizō Fukumoto
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Oishi Kuranosuke
Takuya Fujioka
as Kurobei Ohno
