--- title: 'Akō Rōshi (1961)' type: 'film' director: 'Sadatsugu Matsuda' released: '1961-03-28' countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ako-roshi-1961' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200418/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Akō Rōshi (1961) 1961 · Japan Original title: 赤穂浪士 ## Synopsis 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 Japanese film of 1961. Akō Rōshi was produced by Toei, and Shigeru Okada. It is based on the novel by Jiro Osaragi. ## Credits - **Director:** [Sadatsugu Matsuda](https://cinepixo.com/people/sadatsugu-matsuda) - **Screenplay:** [Hideo Oguni](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-oguni) - **Producer:** [Toei Company](https://cinepixo.com/people/toei-company) ## Cast - [Katsuo Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsuo-nakamura) - [Michiyo Kogure](https://cinepixo.com/people/michiyo-kogure) - [Eijirō Yanagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-yanagi) - [Jūshirō Konoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jushiro-konoe) - [Ryūnosuke Tsukigata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryunosuke-tsukigata) - [Ichikawa Utaemon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichikawa-utaemon) - [Eitarō Shindō](https://cinepixo.com/people/eitaro-shindo) - [Ōkawa Hashizō II](https://cinepixo.com/people/okawa-hashizo-ii) as Asano Naganori - [Hiroki Matsukata](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroki-matsukata) - [Denjirō Ōkōchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/denjiro-okochi) - [Chiyonosuke Azuma](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiyonosuke-azuma) as Horibe Yasubei - [Yorozuya Kinnosuke](https://cinepixo.com/people/yorozuya-kinnosuke) as Wakisaka Yasuteru - [Isao Yamagata](https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-yamagata) - [Satomi Oka](https://cinepixo.com/people/satomi-oka) - [Kōtarō Satomi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kotaro-satomi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ako-roshi-1961 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4184195); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.