The Fall of Ako Castle | 赤穂城断絶
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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0
Runtime: 159 minutes
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Kinnosuke Nakamura
Played Oishi Kuranosuke
Sonny Chiba
Played Fuwa Kazuemon
Tsunehiko Watase
Played Kobayashi Heihachiro
Teruhiko Saigō
Played Asano
Kyōko Enami
Played Ukibashi
Masaomi Kondo
Played Hashimoto Heizaemon
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Played
Hiroki Matsukata
Played Denhachiro Tamon
Shinsuke Ashida
Played Shikibe
Jun Fujimaki
Played Yajuemon
Takuya Fujioka
Played Kurobei Ohno
Toshirō Mifune
Played Tsuchiya Michinao
Seizō Fukumoto
Played
Mieko Harada
Played Hatsu Hashimoto
Nobuo Kaneko
Played Kira
Yoshi Katō
Played Yahei Horibe
Toru Minegishi
Played Yasubei Horibe
Yoshiko Mita
Played Akuri
Kensaku Morita
Played Jujiro
Sanae Nakahara
Played Todano tsubone
Mikio Narita
Played Kato
Yoko Natsuki
Played Osen
Ken Nishida
Played Daigagu Asano
Ryō Nishida
Played
Mariko Okada
Played Riku Ohishi
Junkichi Orimoto
Played Tokubei
Yûsuke Satô
Played Yagashira
Harumi Sone
Played Torii
Mizuho Suzuki
Played Narrator
Maki Tachibana
Played Shino Ohtaka
Ryo Tamura
Played Uesugi
Tetsuro Tamba
Played Yanagisawa
Minori Terada
Played Gengo Ohtaka
Go Wakabayashi
Played Araki
Shōji Yasui
Played Uemon
Hideji Ōtaki
Played Yamada
Matagoro Nakamura III
Played Date Sakyōnosuke
浅川かがり
Played
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