Swords of Vengeance: Fall of Ako Castle – 赤穂城断絶 – Akō-jō danzetsu – 1978

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 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
• Tetsurō Tamba as Yanagisawa

External links

• The Fall of Ako Castle on IMDb