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The Fall of Ako Castle 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 film received one nomination for the Award of the Japanese Academy for best cinematography.
Original Release
10/28/1978
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Shin'ichi Chiba | Kazuemon Fuwa / Fuwa Kazuemon |
| Kinnosuke Nakamura | Kuranosuke Ohishi / Oishi Kuranosuke |
| Tsunehiko Watase | Heihachiro Kobayashi / Kobayashi Heihachiro |
| Masaomi Kondo | Hashimoto / Hashimoto Heizaemon |
| Toshirô Mifune | Tsuchiya / Tsuchiya Michinao |
| Kyôko Enami | Ukibashi |
| Kasho Nakamura | Oishi Kuranosuke |
| Shinsuke Mikimoto | Shikibe |
| Shinsuke Ashida | Shikibe |
| Jun Fujimaki | Yajuemon |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Shin'ichi Chiba | Kazuemon Fuwa / Fuwa Kazuemon |
| Kinnosuke Nakamura | Kuranosuke Ohishi / Oishi Kuranosuke |
| Tsunehiko Watase | Heihachiro Kobayashi / Kobayashi Heihachiro |
| Masaomi Kondo | Hashimoto / Hashimoto Heizaemon |
| Toshirô Mifune | Tsuchiya / Tsuchiya Michinao |
| Kyôko Enami | Ukibashi |
| Kasho Nakamura | Oishi Kuranosuke |
| Shinsuke Mikimoto | Shikibe |
| Shinsuke Ashida | Shikibe |
| Jun Fujimaki | Yajuemon |
| Takuya Fujioka | Kurobei Ohno |
| Seizo Fukumoto | |
| Mieko Harada | Hatsu Hashimoto |
| Nobuo Kaneko | Kira |
| Yoshi Katô | Yahei Horibe |
| Hiroki Matsukata | Denhachiro Tamon |
| Tôru Minegishi | Yasubei Horibe |
| Yoshiko Mita | Akuri |
| Kensaku Morita | Jujiro |
| Sanae Nakahara | Todano tsubone |
