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Released , 'The Fall of Ako Castle' stars Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sonny Chiba, Tsunehiko Watase, Teruhiko Saigô The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 39 min, and received a user score of 68 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 17 experienced users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take attempt revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword."

'The Fall of Ako Castle' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple iTunes, Plex, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Plex Channel, YouTube, Vudu, Shout! Factory TV, and Tubi TV .