TV Show Details
Air Date:April 16th, 1979
Last Air Date:December 17th, 1979
Network:tv asahi
Status:Ended
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Nakamura Production, Toei Company, TV Asahi
The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979)
TV Showtv asahi
Scripted
DirectorsTokuzō TanakaTadashi Sawashima
Plot
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.