The Fall of Ako Castle(Movie, 1978)

Name: The Fall of Ako Castle
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1978
Duration: T02:39:00
Rating: 3.4

Original title: "赤穂城断絶" (Japanese/JA)

2h 39min | Genres: Action, Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

The Fall of Ako Castle (赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the forty-seven Ronin (Chūshingura). The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, including Shogun's Samurai.The film received one nomination for the Award of the Japanese Academy for best cinematography. ()

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About The Fall of Ako Castle

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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Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Plays in: Edo

Made by: Toei

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 7 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/28/1978

Cast: Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Sonny Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsurō Tamba, Toshirō Mifune, Tsunehiko Watase, Masaomi Kondō, Shinsuke Mikimoto, Nobuo Kaneko, Teruhiko Saigō

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Director of Photography: Yoshio Miyajima

Composer: Toshiaki Tsushima

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"赤穗城断绝"

"Last of the Ako Clan"

"Akô-jô danzetsu"

"47 Blades of Vengeance"

"Akō-jō danzetsu"

"Ako-jo danzetsu"

"Akô-jô danzetsu"

"Last of the Ako Clan"

"Swords Of Vengeance"

Keywords: samurai

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