Akō Rōshi (1961 film)

Akō Rōshi
Akō Rōshi
Directed by	Sadatsugu Matsuda
Written by	Hideo Oguni (writer); Kaneto Shindō (writer)
Based on	Novel by Jirō Osaragi
Produced by	Toei, Shigeru Okada (producer); Hiroshi Okawa (executive producer)
Starring	Chiezō Kataoka; Nakamura Kinnosuke; Chiyonosuke Azuma; Hashizo Okawa; Jūshirō Konoe; Denjirō Ōkōchi; Ryūnosuke Tsukigata; Ryūtarō Ōtomo; Utaemon Ichikawa;
Cinematography	Shintarō Kawasaki
Release date	March 28, 1961;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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