The Fall of Ako Castle
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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. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword.
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Shot by Hanjiro NakazawaScored by Toshiaki Tsushima
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16 unique people credited
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Shin Ichi Chiba
as Fuwa Kazuemon
Kyoko Enami
as Ukibashi
Masaomi Kondo
as Hashimoto Heizaemon
Mieko Harada
as Hashimoto Hatsu
Shinsuke Mikimoto
as Shikibe
Kensaku Morita
as Hazama Jûjirô
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Ôishi Kuranosuke
Hiroki Matsukata
as Denhachiro Tamon
Teruhiko Saigo
as Asano Naganori
Tsunehiko Watase
as Kobayashi Heihachiro
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