The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979)
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.
Season 1 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Rain of Flowers
Release Date: 1979-04-16First Episode
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Episode 2 - Blood Spilled in the Pines Corridor
Release Date: 1979-04-23 -
Episode 3 - The Useless and the Hyobu of the Cats
Release Date: 1979-04-30 -
Episode 4 - The Joro Spider
Release Date: 1979-05-07 -
Episode 5 - Storm at Ako Castle
Release Date: 1979-05-14 -
Episode 6 - Proud Samurai
Release Date: 1979-05-21 -
Episode 7 - Secret Dispute
Release Date: 1979-05-28 -
Episode 8 - The Secret Brief
Release Date: 1979-06-04 -
Episode 9 - Decision
Release Date: 1979-06-11 -
Episode 10 - Vernal Storm
Release Date: 1979-06-18 -
Episode 11 - Kuranosuke's Assassination
Release Date: 1979-06-25 -
Episode 12 - One Shot
Release Date: 1979-07-02 -
Episode 13 - Delivery of the Castle
Release Date: 1979-07-09 -
Episode 14 - A New Journey
Release Date: 1979-07-16 -
Episode 15 - Binoculars
Release Date: 1979-07-23 -
Episode 16 - The Woman with the Seven Faces
Release Date: 1979-07-30 -
Episode 17 - Forbidden Love
Release Date: 1979-08-06 -
Episode 18 - The Song of the Cicadas
Release Date: 1979-08-13 -
Episode 19 - The Daimon-Ji of Tragic Love
Release Date: 1979-08-20 -
Episode 20 - Firefly Light
Release Date: 1979-08-27 -
Episode 21 - Autumn Reminiscences
Release Date: 1979-09-03 -
Episode 22 - Kuranosuke Goes to Edo
Release Date: 1979-09-10 -
Episode 23 - Reunion
Release Date: 1979-09-17 -
Episode 24 - Passion
Release Date: 1979-09-24 -
Episode 25 - Search the Kira Residence!
Release Date: 1979-10-01 -
Episode 26 - The Last Goodbye in Yamashina
Release Date: 1979-10-08 -
Episode 27 - The Relic of the Long Desire of the Mother and the Son
Release Date: 1979-10-15 -
Episode 28 - The Departure for Vengeance
Release Date: 1979-10-22 -
Episode 29 - Decadent Youth
Release Date: 1979-10-29 -
Episode 30 - Oishi's Journey to the East
Release Date: 1979-11-05 -
Episode 31 - Desperate Attack
Release Date: 1979-11-12 -
Episode 32 - A Deadly Fight for Destiny
Release Date: 1979-11-19 -
Episode 33 - The Night Before the Attack
Release Date: 1979-11-26 -
Episode 34 - It's Time! The Raid!
Release Date: 1979-12-03 -
Episode 35 - Triumph at Dawn
Release Date: 1979-12-10 -
Episode 36 - The Way of the Samurai in the Genroku Era
Release Date: 1979-12-17