Film
Castle Under Fiery Skies
2009 · 2h 20m · Drama · History
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Overview
The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.
Cast
Toshiyuki Nishida
Saki Fukuda
Kippei Shiina
Oda Nobunaga
Shozo Endo
Tokuma Nishioka
Ikkei Watanabe
Renji Ishibashi
Takuya Ishida
Shinobu Otake
Kozue Ueda
Crew
- Mitsutoshi TanakaDirector
- Jun'ichi ShindôProducer
- Takeshi HamadaDirector of Photography
- Taro IwashiroOriginal Music Composer
- Junnosuke HogakiEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 12, 2009
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama, History
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