The Fall of Ako Castle

Infobox_Film
name = The Fall Of Ako Castle


caption = Presented here as "Swords Of Vengeance"
director = Kinji Fukasaku
producer =
writer = Koji Takada
starring = Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Sonny Chiba ,Hiroki Matsukata Tetsuro Tamba, Toshiro Mifune
music = Toshiaki Tsushima
cinematography = Yoishio Miyajima
distributor = Toei Company
released = flagicon|Japan 1978
runtime = 158 mins
country = Japan
language = Japanese
budget =
imdb_id = nihongo|"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. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077135/awards]

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

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077135/ imdb]