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The Fall of Ako Castle
6.6
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2h 39m
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1978
Overview
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.
Cast
![Kinnosuke Nakamura pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FvA7hPxSqvhJpNTLiAfNU3FmZXdD.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Oishi Kuranosuke
![Sonny Chiba pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FvD3xoqXMIqOntE68XmxA6s325yT.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Sonny Chiba
Fuwa Kazuemon
![Tsunehiko Watase pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F4CAvKNwLWZfQINGBxpTthk6452i.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Tsunehiko Watase
Kobayashi Heihachiro
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Teruhiko Saigō
Asano
![Kyōko Enami pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F69tTBjOkw7LVOhzbXs8MKLFe9rw.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Kyōko Enami
Ukibashi
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Masaomi Kondo
Hashimoto Heizaemon
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Shinsuke Mikimoto
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Hiroki Matsukata
Denhachiro Tamon
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Shinsuke Ashida
Shikibe
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Jun Fujimaki
Yajuemon
![Takuya Fujioka pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F2pj99vcx3ouyT4jFakfypR7vFkr.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Takuya Fujioka
Kurobei Ohno
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Toshirō Mifune
Tsuchiya Michinao
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Seizō Fukumoto
![Mieko Harada pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FiONtBVZuIz8xh6IT3TmSqeDxt0q.jpg&w=320&q=75)
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Hatsu Hashimoto
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Nobuo Kaneko
Kira
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