The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
Original title: 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.
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Sonny ChibaFuwa Kazuemon
Kinnosuke NakamuraOishi Kuranosuke
Masaomi KondoHashimoto Heizaemon
Toshirō MifuneTsuchiya Michinao
Kyōko EnamiUkibashi
Tsunehiko WataseKobayashi HeihachiroKasho Nakamura II
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Shinsuke AshidaShikibe
Jun FujimakiYajuemon
Takuya FujiokaKurobei Ohno
Seizō FukumotoKeywords
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What is The Fall of Ako Castle about?
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.
How long is The Fall of Ako Castle?
The Fall of Ako Castle has a runtime of 159 minutes.
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