The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle
Presented here as Swords of Vengeance
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Written by	Koji Takada
Starring	Kinnosuke Yorozuya Sonny Chiba Hiroki Matsukata Teruhiko Saigō Tsunehiko Watase Tetsuro Tamba Yoshiko Mita Mariko Okada Toshirō Mifune
Music by	Toshiaki Tsushima
Cinematography	Yoshio Miyajima
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release dates	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.

Cast

Sonny Chiba as Fuwa Kazuemon
Kinnosuke Nakamura as Ōishi Kuranosuke
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 at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Kinji Fukasaku

Wandering Detective: Tragedy in Red Valley (1961)
Wandering Detective: Black Wind in the Harbor (1961)
Vigilante With a Funky Hat (1961)
Vigilante With a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm (1961)
High Noon for Gangsters (1961)
The Proud Challenge (1962)
Gang vs. G-men (1962)
League of Gangsters (1963)
Jakoman and Tetsu (1964)
Wolves, Pigs and People (1964)
The Threat (1966)
The Secret of the Diamond / The Kamikaze Guy (Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon) (1966)
Rampaging Dragon of the North (1966)
Ceremony of Disbanding (1967)
Gamblers' Ceremony of Disbanding (1968)
Black Lizard (1968)
Blackmail Is My Life (1968)
The Green Slime (1968)
Black Rose Mansion (1969)
Japan's Most Violent Gangs: Boss (1969)
Bloodstained Clan Honor (1970)
If You Were Young: Rage (1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (with Richard Fleischer and Toshio Masuda, 1970)
Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
Street Mobster (1972)
Outlaw Killer: Three Maddog Killers (1972)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
Gambling Den Heist (1975)
Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
Hokuriku Proxy War (1977)
Doberman Cop (1977)
Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Message from Space (1978)
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
Virus (1980)
The Gate of Youth (1981)
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
Dotonbori River (1982)
Fall Guy (1982)
Theater of Life (1983)
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
Shanghai Rhapsody (1984)
House on Fire (1986)
Sure Death 4: Revenge (1987)
A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
The Triple Cross (1992)
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
The Geisha House (1999)
Battle Royale (2000)
Battle Royale II: Requiem (with Kenta Fukasaku, 2003)

Forty-seven Ronin / Chūshingura

Films	Chūkon giretsu: Jitsuroku Chūshingura (1928) The 47 Ronin (1941) Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki (1956) The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) Akō Rōshi (1961) Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (1962) The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) 47 Ronin (1994) Crest of Betrayal (1994) Tales of the Unusual: "Samurai Cellular" (2000) 47 Ronin (2013) Last Knights (2015)

Television	Daichūshingura (1971) Chūshingura 1/47 (2001)

Other	Kanadehon Chūshingura (puppet play)

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