Akō Rōshi (1961 film)

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.

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

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See also
  • Forty-seven Ronin

Other films about Forty-seven ronin:

References
  1. (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1961/ck001520.htm accessed 9 May 2009
  2. "nippon-kino.net". Retrieved 27 February 2015.


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