The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979)
Original title: 赤穂浪士
The 47 Ronins of Ako is a 1979 Japanese-language series. It stars Tomoko Aihara, Shigeru Amachi and Gorō Ibuki.
Set in the eighteenth century, during the reign of the fifth Tokugawa shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Akō-han is demolished by the Tokugawa shogunate. Hotta Hayato is a ronin who is living a desperate life because of his sad past. But one day he starts working for Chisaka Takafusa, the Chief retainer of the Uesugi clan. The Uesugi clan and Chisaka are wary of Ōishi Kuranosuke and Ako Roshi's movements, so Chisaka orders Hotta to observe Ōishi Kuranosuke.
Cast
- Tomoko Aihara as Okô
- Shigeru Amachi as Wakizaka Awaji-no-Kami
- Gorō Ibuki as Horibe Yasubei
- Nobuo Kawai as Fujii Mataemon
- Yūsuke Kawazu as Kobayashi Heihachirô
- Kyôko Kishida as Ôishi Riku
- Akiji Kobayashi as Hara Soemon
- Ken Matsudaira as Asano Takumi-no-Kami
- Hiroki Matsukata
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Aguri
- Yūki Meguro as Uesugi Noritsuna
- Toshirō Mifune as Tachibana Sakon