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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.
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).
Yorozuya Kinnosuke (萬屋錦之介) (November 20, 1932 – March 10, 1997) was a Japanese kabuki actor.Born Kin'ichi Ogawa (小川 錦一, Ogawa Kin'ichi), [1] son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizō III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke.
The Ako Incident occurred on 31 January 1703 when the rōnin of Asano Naganori stormed the residence of Kira Yoshinaka in Edo. (While the attack was carried out on 31 January, the event is commemorated annually on 14 December in Japan.) [ 3 ] According to a carefully laid-out plan, they split up into two groups and attacked, armed with swords ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1978 films. It includes 1978 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for martial arts films released in the year 1978 .
Other film versions include the 1978 adventure drama directed by Kinji Fukasaku and called The Fall of Ako Castle, or the 1985 Chūshingura: Vendetta of Obligation directed by Masuda Toshio and the 2010 Chūshingura (Sono Otoko Oishi Kuranosuke) directed by Saizo Kosei with Tamura Masakazu.
Kinji Fukasaku (Japanese: 深作 欣二, Hepburn: Fukasaku Kinji, 3 July 1930 – 12 January 2003) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking", [1] Fukasaku worked in many different genres and styles, but was best known for his gritty yakuza films, typified by the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series (1973–1976).
Mission: Iron Castle: Kazuo Mori 1970.02.07 The Ambitious: Daisuke Itō: 1970.02.14 Incident at Blood Pass: Hiroshi Inagaki 1970.03.21 Shogun's Samurai: Kinji Fukasaku: 1978.01.21 The Fall of Ako Castle: 1978.10.28 Kagemusha: Akira Kurosawa 1980.04.26 Nominated for a best foreign film Oscar. The Bushido Blade: Tsugunobu Kotani 1981 Legend of ...
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