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The Fall of Ako Castle (赤穂城断絶, Akō-jō danzetsu) is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. [1] 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.
In 1978, Watase received Blue Ribbon and Kinema Junpo awards for his supporting roles in The Incident, his first role outside of Toei, and The Fall of Ako Castle. [7] He was also nominated for the Japan Academy Film Prize for his leading role in the Shochiku film August Without an Emperor. [20]
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) (Gengobee Toda) Onimasa (1982) (Kankichi Umeda) Television drama ... Madigan (1978 TV Asahi edition) (Commissioner Anthony X. Russell)
He also occasionally returned to the science fiction genre, in movies such as Message from Space (1978). He also began to star on some jidaigeki such as Shogun's Samurai (1978), The Fall of Ako Castle (1978), G.I. Samurai (1979), Shadow Warriors (1980), and Samurai Reincarnation (1981).
Shogun's Samurai (1978) - Ayamaro Karasumasu (Noble) Tarao Bannai (1978) - Goro Seo; Message from Space (1978) - Rockseia XII; Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) - Fukuzaemon; Never Give Up (1978) - Nakado (yakuza) The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) - Kato; Hakuchyu no shikaku (1979) - Kyozo Koiwa; Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity ...
After returning to Tōei he would appear in many more films by Fukasaku in the following decade, including three installments in the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, Cops vs. Thugs (1975), Hokuriku Proxy War (1977), Doberman Cop (1977), Shogun's Samurai (1978) and The Fall of Ako Castle (1978).
(A different Araki, the hatamoto Jūzaemon, was his character in a later film, The Fall of Ako Castle, directed by Kinji Fukasaku.) Also in 1971, he appeared as Maehara Isuke in the year-long series Daichūshingura with Toshirō Mifune.
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) A Ilha dos Amores (1982) The Go Masters (1983) W's Tragedy (1984) Haru no Kane (1985) Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988) Rikyu (1989) as the wife of Sen no Rikyū with Rentarō Mikuni; Tōki Rakujitsu (1992) Umineko (2004) Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) as Xerneas (voice) The Actor (2016) as Natsuko ...