The Fall of Ako Castle
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,...
The Fall of Ako Castle
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,...
Watch The Fall of Ako Castle
Movie Details
Release Info
Ratings
Categories & Language
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.
Recommended Movies 🍿
Cannibal Apocalypse
Cannibal Apocalypse
Released from captivity in Vietnam, two American Army officers return to civilian life and discover they have acquired an insatiable taste for human f...
Watch
Story of a Cloistered Nun
Story of a Cloistered Nun
Refusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela is sent to a convent. Her arrival intensifies the power struggle between the debauched nun Eli...
Watch
The Lords of Flatbush
The Lords of Flatbush
Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal c...
Watch
Swallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons
On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up...
Watch
Murder Obsession
Murder Obsession
Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to hi...
Watch
Convoy Busters
Convoy Busters
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow...
Watch
House of Whipcord
House of Whipcord
Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for...
Watch
Tempest
Tempest
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in f...
Watch
Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum
Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum
From the days when he still had red hair and was rising to the peak of his career, this is one of Billy’s legendary early performances. The culminatio...
Watch
Incorrigible
Incorrigible
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and...
Watch
Daughter Rite
Daughter Rite
A feminist documentary about female relationships, especially between mother and daughter.
Watch
Blue Thunder
Blue Thunder
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences duri...
Watch
Shaolin vs. Lama
Shaolin vs. Lama
A kung fu fanatic, Yu Ting (Alexander Lo Rei), searching for the ultimate master, saves a young Shaolin monk, Hsu Shi (William Yen), from a group of m...
Watch
The Convict Killer
The Convict Killer
Teng Piao went to jail for fifteen years on a frame up for drug smuggling. Now that he's out, along with his iron chain, Teng Piao is hungry for reve...
Watch