The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1979-04-16
Last Air Date: 1979-12-17
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 36
Networks: tv asahi
Top 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 as N/A
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Aguri
Seasons
Season 1 (1979)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Rain of Flowers
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Ep. 2: Blood Spilled in the Pines Corridor
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Ep. 3: The Useless and the Hyobu of the Cats
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Ep. 4: The Joro Spider
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Ep. 5: Storm at Ako Castle
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Ep. 6: Proud Samurai
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Ep. 7: Secret Dispute
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Ep. 8: The Secret Brief
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Ep. 9: Decision
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Ep. 10: Vernal Storm
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Ep. 11: Kuranosuke's Assassination
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Ep. 12: One Shot
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Ep. 13: Delivery of the Castle
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Ep. 14: A New Journey
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Ep. 15: Binoculars
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Ep. 16: The Woman with the Seven Faces
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Ep. 17: Forbidden Love
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Ep. 18: The Song of the Cicadas
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Ep. 19: The Daimon-Ji of Tragic Love
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Ep. 20: Firefly Light
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Ep. 21: Autumn Reminiscences
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Ep. 22: Kuranosuke Goes to Edo
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Ep. 23: Reunion
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Ep. 24: Passion
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Ep. 25: Search the Kira Residence!
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Ep. 26: The Last Goodbye in Yamashina
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Ep. 27: The Relic of the Long Desire of the Mother and the Son
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Ep. 28: The Departure for Vengeance
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Ep. 29: Decadent Youth
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Ep. 30: Oishi's Journey to the East
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Ep. 31: Desperate Attack
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Ep. 32: A Deadly Fight for Destiny
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Ep. 33: The Night Before the Attack
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Ep. 34: It's Time! The Raid!
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Ep. 35: Triumph at Dawn
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Ep. 36: The Way of the Samurai in the Genroku Era
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