Akō Rōshi (1964)

Original title

赤穂浪士

Cast

Hasegawa Kazuo, 長谷川一夫, Takizawa Osamu, 滝沢修, Onoe Baiko, 尾上梅幸, Hayashi Yoichi, 林与一

Genre

drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 52 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Japanese TV series tells the story of the 47 ronin, a group of masterless samurai who plot their revenge. It follows their careful planning and eventual attack.

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What happens

Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士) is a 1964 Japanese television series. It is the 2nd NHK taiga drama. The viewership rating was well over 30%, and the episode where the raid was broadcast had a viewership rating of 53.0%. It also set the record for the highest viewership rating in the history of taiga dramas. This record has not yet been broken as of 2021. The average audience rating for all episodes is 31.9%, making it the 4th of all-time (as of 2019). A scene from episode 7 and the full footage of episode 47 still remain today, the latter of which garnered the highest viewership rating. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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