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The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
159 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

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The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

159 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

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.

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40 cast members

Name	Known for
Shin'ichi Chiba Kazuemon Fuwa (as Sonny Chiba) Kazuemon Fuwa (as Sonny Chiba) See fewer	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kinnosuke Nakamura Kuranosuke Ohishi (as Kinnosuke Yorozuya) Kuranosuke Ohishi (as Kinnosuke Yorozuya) See fewer	The Town Hero (1958)
Tsunehiko Watase Heihachiro Kobayashi Heihachiro Kobayashi See fewer	The Incident (1978)
Masaomi Kondô Hashimoto Hashimoto See fewer	Toyotomi Hideyoshi tenka wo toru! (1995)
Toshirô Mifune Tsuchiya Tsuchiya See fewer	Yojimbo (1961)
Kyôko Enami Ukibashi Ukibashi See fewer	Tsugaru Folksong (1973)
Kasho Nakamura Oishi Kuranosuke Oishi Kuranosuke See fewer	Tales of Young Genji Kuro 1 (1957)
Shinsuke Mikimoto Shikibe Shikibe See fewer	The Ambitious (1970)
Shinsuke Ashida Shikibe Shikibe See fewer	The Battle of Manchuria (1970)
Jun Fujimaki Yajuemon Yajuemon See fewer	Teppô denraiki (1968)
Takuya Fujioka Kurobei Ohno Kurobei Ohno See fewer	Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Seizô Fukumoto Actor Actor See fewer	The Last Samurai (2003)
Mieko Harada Hatsu Hashimoto Hatsu Hashimoto See fewer	Ran (1985)
Nobuo Kaneko Kira Kira See fewer	Ikiru (1952)
Yoshi Katô Yahei Horibe Yahei Horibe See fewer	Hometown (1983)
Hiroki Matsukata Denhachiro Tamon Denhachiro Tamon See fewer	13 Assassins (2010)
Tôru Minegishi Yasubei Horibe Yasubei Horibe See fewer	Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Yoshiko Mita Akuri Akuri See fewer	Appassionata (1984)
Kensaku Morita Jujiro Jujiro See fewer	The Shogun Assassins (1979)
Sanae Nakahara Todano tsubone Todano tsubone See fewer	Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978)
Mikio Narita Kato Kato See fewer	I Want To (1979)
Yôko Natsuki Osen Osen See fewer	Dead Angle (1979)
Ken Nishida Daigagu Asano Daigagu Asano See fewer	Return of Ultraman (1971)
Ryô Nishida Actor Actor See fewer	Message from Space: Galactic Battle (1978)
Mariko Okada Riku Ohishi Riku Ohishi See fewer	Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
Junkichi Orimoto Tokubei Tokubei See fewer	Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Teruhiko Saigô Asano Asano See fewer	Only Yesterday (1991)
Yûsuke Satô Yagashira Yagashira See fewer	A Violent School Revolution (1975)
Harumi Sone Torii Torii See fewer	The Shogun Assassins (1979)
Mizuho Suzuki Narrator Narrator See fewer	Akira (1988)
Maki Tachibana Shino Ohtaka Shino Ohtaka See fewer	A Savage Beast Goes Mad (1976)
Ryô Tamura Uesugi Uesugi See fewer	Yagyû ichizoku no inbô (1978)
Tetsurô Tanba Yanagisawa Yanagisawa See fewer	You Only Live Twice (1967)
Minori Terada Gengo Ohtaka Gengo Ohtaka See fewer	Kamen Rider W (2009)
Gô Wakabayashi Araki Araki See fewer	Ninja Spy (1976)
Shôji Yasui Uemon Uemon See fewer	Shôkon no okite (1959)
Hideji Ôtaki Yamada Yamada See fewer	Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980)
Shôtarô Hayashi Samurai (uncredited) Samurai (uncredited) See fewer	Black Rain (1989)
Takashi Noguchi Samurai (uncredited) Samurai (uncredited) See fewer	The Last Samurai (2003)
Akira Shioji Samurai (uncredited) Samurai (uncredited) See fewer	13 Assassins (1963)