The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle by Kinji Fukasaku

6.60

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 as Oishi Kuranosuke

Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba as Fuwa Kazuemon

Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase as Kobayashi Heihachiro

Teruhiko Saigō

Teruhiko Saigō as Asano

Kyōko Enami

Kyōko Enami as Ukibashi

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo as Hashimoto Heizaemon

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Shinsuke Mikimoto as

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata as Denhachiro Tamon

Shinsuke Ashida

Shinsuke Ashida as Shikibe

Jun Fujimaki

Jun Fujimaki as Yajuemon

Takuya Fujioka

Takuya Fujioka as Kurobei Ohno

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune as Tsuchiya Michinao

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto as

Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada as Hatsu Hashimoto

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko as Kira

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō as Yahei Horibe

Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi as Yasubei Horibe

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita as Akuri

Kensaku Morita

Kensaku Morita as Jujiro

Sanae Nakahara

Sanae Nakahara as Todano tsubone

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita as Kato

Yoko Natsuki

Yoko Natsuki as Osen

Ken Nishida

Ken Nishida as Daigagu Asano

Ryō Nishida

Ryō Nishida as

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada as Riku Ohishi

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi Orimoto as Tokubei

Yûsuke Satô

Yûsuke Satô as Yagashira

Harumi Sone

Harumi Sone as Torii

Mizuho Suzuki

Mizuho Suzuki as Narrator

Maki Tachibana

Maki Tachibana as Shino Ohtaka

Ryo Tamura

Ryo Tamura as Uesugi

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba as Yanagisawa

Minori Terada

Minori Terada as Gengo Ohtaka

Go Wakabayashi

Go Wakabayashi as Araki

Shōji Yasui

Shōji Yasui as Uemon

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki as Yamada

Matagoro Nakamura III

Matagoro Nakamura III as Date Sakyōnosuke

浅川かがり

浅川かがり as

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