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The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) is available on Hoopla with a participating library card. Also available to stream on Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.
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You can watch The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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.
Can a group of disgraced warriors maintain their honor after their lord is forced into ritual suicide for a single moment of lost temper? This period epic trades mindless spectacle for the heavy, quiet tension of a revenge plot fueled by absolute loyalty.
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Kinji Fukasaku
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Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Tsunehiko Watase, Teruhiko Saigō, Kyōko Enami, Masaomi Kondo, Shinsuke Mikimoto, Hiroki Matsukata, Shinsuke Ashida, Jun Fujimaki
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The Fall of Ako Castle
You can watch The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Cast
Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Tsunehiko Watase, Teruhiko Saigō, Kyōko Enami, Masaomi Kondo, Shinsuke Mikimoto, Hiroki Matsukata, Shinsuke Ashida, Jun Fujimaki
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