Akō Rōshi
Directed bySadatsugu Matsuda
Written byHideo Oguni (writer)
Kaneto Shindō (writer)
Based onNovel by Jirō Osaragi
Produced byToei, Shigeru Okada (producer)
Hiroshi Okawa (executive producer)
Starring
CinematographyShintarō Kawasaki
Release date
  • March 28, 1961 (1961-03-28)
Running time
150 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士, Akō Rōshi) is a 1961 color Japanese film about the 47 Ronin directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda. It earned ¥435 million at the annual box office, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1961.[2] Ako Roshi was produced by Toei, and Shigeru Okada. It is based on the novel written by Jiro Osaragi.[3][4]

Cast

Actor Role
Chiezō Kataoka Oishi (Ōishi Yoshio)
Kinnosuke Nakamura Wakisaka
Chiyonosuke Azuma Horibe
Hashizo Okawa Lord Asano (daimyo Asano Naganori)
Satomi Oka Sen
Ryosuke Kagawa Matsumae Izunokami
Kusuo Abe Katada
Kyōko Aoyama Nagi
Shinobu Chihara Ukibashi Dayu
Yoshiko Fujita Ayame
Hiromi Hanazono Sakura
Yumiko Hasegawa Chiyo
Michiyo Kogure Oyone
Jūshirō Konoe Ikkaku Shimizu
Hiroki Matsukata Oishi
Katsuo Nakamura Denkichi
Keiko Okawa Kita no kata
Denjirō Ōkōchi Sakon Tachibana
Shunji Sakai Matsuzo
Hiroko Sakuramachi Osaki
Kōtarō Satomi Uesugi
Shin Tokudaiji Katada
Kenji Usuda Yahei
Isao Yamagata Kataoka
Eijirō Yanagi Yanagisawa
Eitarō Shindō Denpachiro
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Lord Kira
Ryūtarō Ōtomo Hotta
Utaemon Ichikawa Hizaka

See also

Other films about Forty-seven ronin:

References

  1. "赤穂浪士". 映画コム. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. "nippon-kino.net". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. "赤穂浪士". kinenote. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. "赤穂浪士". 映画DB. Retrieved 4 August 2021.


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