The Fall of Ako Castle
Swords of Vengeance: Fall of Ako Castle (赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (Chūshingura). The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, including Shogun's Samurai.
| The Fall of Ako Castle | |
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Written by | Koji Takada |
| Starring | Yorozuya Kinnosuke Sonny Chiba Hiroki Matsukata Teruhiko Saigō Tsunehiko Watase Tetsuro Tamba Yoshiko Mita Mariko Okada Toshirō Mifune |
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
| Cinematography | Yoshio Miyajima |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date | 1978 |
Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The film received one nomination for the Award of the Japanese Academy for best cinematography.[1]
Cast
- Yorozuya Kinnosuke as Ōishi Kuranosuke
- Sonny Chiba as Fuwa Kazuemon
- Tsunehiko Watase as Kobayashi Heihachiro
- Masaomi Kondo as Hashimoto Heizaemon
- Toshiro Mifune as Tsuchiya Michinao
- Kyōko Enami as Ukibashi
- Mitsuteru Nakamura as Date Muratoyo
- Shinsuke Mikimoto as Tsuchiya Masanao
- Teruhiko Saigō as Asano Takumi no Kami
- Nobuo Kaneko as Kira Kōzukenosuke
- Hiroki Matsukata as Denhachiro Tamon
- Yoshiko Mita as Yozeiin
- Mariko Okada as Ōishi Riku
- Ken Nishida as Asano Daigaku
- Junkichi Orimoto as Izeki
- Kyoko Enami as Ukihashi
- Jun Fujimaki as Okajima
- Runataro Mine as Hayami Toemon
- Toru Minegishi as Horibe Yasubei
- Minori Terada as Otaka Gengo
- Naruse Masashi as Okano Kingoemon
- Yoshirō Aoki as Ueda Mondo
- Tatsuo Endō as Yoshida Chuzaemon
- Mieko Harada as Hatsune Hatsu
- Kensaku Morita as Hazama Jujirō
- Ryo Tamura as Uesugi Noritsuna
- Hiroshi Miyauchi as Kayano Sanppie
- Seizo Fukumoto as Spy
- Go Wakabayashi as Araki
- Hideji Otaki
- Mikio Narita as Katō Etchu
- Tetsurō Tamba as Yanagisawa
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