About The Fall of Ako Castle
- Released on October 28, 1978
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.
Full Cast of The Fall of Ako Castle
Shin'ichi Chiba plays Fuwa Kazuemon
Kinnosuke Nakamura plays Oishi Kuranosuke
Masaomi Kondo plays Hashimoto Heizaemon
Toshirō Mifune plays Tsuchiya Michinao
Kyōko Enami plays Ukibashi
Tsunehiko Watase plays Kobayashi Heihachiro
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Shinsuke Ashida plays Shikibe
Jun Fujimaki plays Yajuemon
Takuya Fujioka plays Kurobei Ohno
Seizô Fukumoto
Mieko Harada plays Hatsu Hashimoto
Nobuo Kaneko plays Kira
Yoshi Katō plays Yahei Horibe
Hiroki Matsukata plays Denhachiro Tamon
Tōru Minegishi plays Yasubei Horibe
Yoshiko Mita plays Akuri
Kensaku Morita plays Jujiro
Sanae Nakahara plays Todano tsubone
Mikio Narita plays Kato
Yoko Natsuki plays Osen
Ken Nishida plays Daigagu Asano
Ryō Nishida
Mariko Okada plays Riku Ohishi
Junkichi Orimoto plays Tokubei
Teruhiko Saigō plays Asano
Yûsuke Satô plays Yagashira
Harumi Sone plays Torii
Mizuho Suzuki plays Narrator
Maki Tachibana plays Shino Ohtaka
Ryō Tamura plays Uesugi
Tetsurō Tamba plays Yanagisawa
Minori Terada plays Gengo Ohtaka
Go Wakabayashi plays Araki
Shōji Yasui plays Uemon
Hideji Ōtaki plays Yamada
Matagoro Nakamura III plays Date Sakyōnosuke
Crew of The Fall of Ako Castle
- Shin'ichi Chiba
- Kinnosuke Nakamura
- Masaomi Kondo
- Toshirō Mifune
- Kyōko Enami
- Tsunehiko Watase
- Shinsuke Mikimoto
- Shinsuke Ashida
- Jun Fujimaki
- Takuya Fujioka
- Seizô Fukumoto
- Mieko Harada
- Nobuo Kaneko
- Yoshi Katō
- Hiroki Matsukata
- Tōru Minegishi
- Yoshiko Mita
- Kensaku Morita
- Sanae Nakahara
- Mikio Narita
- Yoko Natsuki
- Ken Nishida
- Ryō Nishida
- Mariko Okada
- Junkichi Orimoto
- Teruhiko Saigō
- Yûsuke Satô
- Harumi Sone
- Mizuho Suzuki
- Maki Tachibana
- Ryō Tamura
- Tetsurō Tamba
- Minori Terada
- Go Wakabayashi
- Shōji Yasui
- Hideji Ōtaki
- Matagoro Nakamura III