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
Tetsuro Tamba
as Yanagisawa
Hideji Ōtaki
as Yamada
Toshirō Mifune
as Tsuchiya Michinao
Yûsuke Satô
as Yagashira
Shōji Yasui
as Uemon
Jun Fujimaki
as Yajuemon
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Nobuo Kaneko
as Kira
Yoko Natsuki
as Osen
Ryō Nishida
Ryo Tamura
as Uesugi
Minori Terada
as Gengo Ohtaka
Sonny Chiba
as Fuwa Kazuemon
Mikio Narita
as Kato
Teruhiko Saigō
as Asano
Takuya Fujioka
as Kurobei Ohno
Toru Minegishi
as Yasubei Horibe
Tsunehiko Watase
as Kobayashi Heihachiro
Shinsuke Ashida
as Shikibe
Seizō Fukumoto
Kensaku Morita
as Jujiro
Sanae Nakahara
as Todano tsubone
Junkichi Orimoto
as Tokubei
Harumi Sone
as Torii
Go Wakabayashi
as Araki
Kyōko Enami
as Ukibashi
Masaomi Kondo
as Hashimoto Heizaemon
Hiroki Matsukata
as Denhachiro Tamon
Mieko Harada
as Hatsu Hashimoto
Yoshi Katō
as Yahei Horibe
Yoshiko Mita
as Akuri
Mariko Okada
as Riku Ohishi
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Oishi Kuranosuke
Ken Nishida
as Daigagu Asano
Mizuho Suzuki
as Narrator
