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The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

Action Drama History
Release Date: 1978, October 28
Directors: Kinji Fukasaku
Countries: Japan
Production: Toei Company
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tetsuro Tamba, Sonny Chiba, Mizuho Suzuki, Minori Terada, Mieko Harada, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyōko Enami, Hiroki Matsukata, Tsunehiko Watase, Toru Minegishi, Yoshi Katō

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.

Keywords:

samurai vengeance jidaigeki edo period chushingura