< The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

MOVIE | "Akô-jô danzetsu" | 2h 39m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.2 (749)

Action, Adventure, Drama, History | 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.

• Director: Kinji Fukasaku
• Kinnosuke Nakamura (46) - Ôishi Kuranosuke
• Shin'ichi Chiba (39) - Fuwa Kazuemon
• Hiroki Matsukata (36) - Denhachiro Tamon
• Teruhiko Saigō (31) - Asano Naganori
• Tsunehiko Watase (34) - Kobayashi Heihachiro
• Kyôko Enami (36) - Ukibashi
• Masaomi Kondô (36) - Hashimoto Heizaemon
• Mieko Harada (20) - Hashimoto Hatsu
• Shinsuke Mikimoto (47) - Shikibe
• Kensaku Morita (29) - Hazama Jûjirô
• Ryô Tamura (32) - Uesugi Tsunanori
• Yûsuke Satô - Yato Emoshichi
• Kasho Nakamura - Date Muratoyo
• Jun Fujimaki (42) - Okayama Yasoemon
• Tôru Minegishi (35) - Horibe Yasubei
• Maki Tachibana - Ôtaka Shino
• Minori Terada (36) - Ôtaka Gengo
• Yôko Natsuki (26) - Osen
• Yoshiko Mita (37) - Akuri
• Toshirō Mifune (58) - Tsuchiya Chikara