Film

Taking the Castle

1965 · 2h 16m · Action · History · War

The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.

Yūjirō Ishihara

Minoru Chiaki

Tamao Nakamura

Gannosuke Ashiya

Kamatari Fujiwara

Chieko Matsubara

Taketoshi Naitō

Yasushi Suzuki

Kenji Imai

Tetsuo Ishidate

Tatsuya Fuji

Tamae Isobe

Ganpei Ashiya

Hideo Takayama

Kōtarō Sugie

Nobuo Kawakami

• Toshio MasudaDirector · Screenplay
• Ichirō IkedaScreenplay
• Yūjirō IshiharaExecutive Producer
• Minoru YokoyamaDirector of Photography
• Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
• Masanori TsujiiEditor

Release date

March 6, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 16m

Genres

Action, History, War