The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
With Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Sonny Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsurō Tamba, Toshirō Mifune, Tsunehiko Watase, Masaomi Kondō, Shinsuke Mikimoto
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
The Fall of Ako Castle (Japanese: 赤穂城断絶, Hepburn: 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.
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