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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 & Crew
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Oishi Kuranosuke
Sonny Chiba
Fuwa Kazuemon
Tsunehiko Watase
Kobayashi Heihachiro
Teruhiko Saigō
Asano
Kyōko Enami
Ukibashi
Masaomi Kondo
Hashimoto Heizaemon
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Hiroki Matsukata
Denhachiro Tamon
Shinsuke Ashida
Shikibe
Jun Fujimaki
Yajuemon
Takuya Fujioka
Kurobei Ohno
Toshirō Mifune
Tsuchiya Michinao
Frequently Asked Questions
The Fall of Ako Castle was released on October 28, 1978.
The runtime of The Fall of Ako Castle is 2h 39m.
The Fall of Ako Castle is a Action, Drama, History movie.
The Fall of Ako Castle has a rating of 6.7 out of 10 on TMDB.
The Fall of Ako Castle is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.
The Fall of Ako Castle was directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
The main cast of The Fall of Ako Castle includes Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Tsunehiko Watase.
The Fall of Ako Castle is originally in Japanese.