22 Oct 1994
Crest of Betrayal
Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.
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, 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.
Top Billed Cast
萬屋錦之介 Oishi Kuranosuke
千葉真一 Fuwa Kazuemon
渡瀬恒彦 Kobayashi Heihachiro
西郷輝彦 Asano
江波杏子 Ukibashi
近藤正臣 Hashimoto Heizaemon
御木本伸介 
松方弘樹 Denhachiro Tamon
芦田伸介 Shikibe
藤巻潤 Yajuemon
藤岡琢也 Kurobei Ohno
三船敏郎 Tsuchiya Michinao
福本清三 
原田美枝子 Hatsu Hashimoto
金子信雄 Kira
加藤嘉 Yahei Horibe
峰岸徹 Yasubei Horibe
三田佳子 Akuri
森田健作 Jujiro
中原早苗 Todano tsubone
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