The Fall of Ako Castle
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| The Fall Of Ako Castle | |
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 Presented here as Swords Of Vengeance |
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Written by | Koji Takada |
| Starring | Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Sonny Chiba ,Hiroki Matsukata Tetsuro Tamba, Toshiro Mifune |
| Music by | Toshiaki Tsushima |
| Cinematography | Yoishio Miyajima |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
| Release date(s) |  1978 |
| Running time | 158 mins |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Fall Of Ako Castle (赤穂城断絶 Akō-jō danzetsu?) (aka Swords Of Vengeance) 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 Sonny Chiba, including Shogun's Samurai.
The film received one nomination for 'Award of the Japanese Academy' for best cinematography.[1]
[edit] Notable cast
- Sonny Chiba as Fuwa Kazuemon
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Ōishi Kuranosuke
- Tsunehiko Watase as Kobayashi Heihachiro
- Masaomi Kondo as Hashimoto Heizaemon
- Toshirō 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
