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.
Main Cast of The Fall of Ako Castle
Sonny Chiba
Fuwa Kazuemon
Shin'ichi Chiba (born January 23, 1939, died August 19, 2021), also known as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and...
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Oishi Kuranosuke
Masaomi Kondo
Hashimoto Heizaemon
Toshirō Mifune
Tsuchiya Michinao
Secondary Cast of The Fall of Ako Castle
Maki Tachibana
Shino Ohtaka
Matagoro Nakamura III
Date Sakyōnosuke
Crew of The Fall of Ako Castle
Full backstage crew list →- Released on October 28, 1978