A Queda do Castelo Ako
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Last of the Ako Clan
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赤穂城断絶
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Espadas vengadoras
director:
Kinji Fukasaku
playwright:
Kōji Takada
actor:
Kinnosuke Nakamura
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Sonny Chiba
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Tsunehiko Watase
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Teruhiko Saigō
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Kyōko Enami
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genre:
Action
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Drama
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History
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
release date:
1978-10-28
(Release)
IMDb: tt0077135
赤穂城断絶
overview
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.