Castle Under Fiery Skies

Castle Under Fiery Skies

2009 ja 140 minutes

Rating: 8.5

Plot

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.

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Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Saki Fukuda

Saki Fukuda

Kippei Shiina

Kippei Shiina

Oda Nobunaga

Shôzô Endô

Shôzô Endô

Tokuma Nishioka

Tokuma Nishioka

Ikkei Watanabe

Ikkei Watanabe

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Takuya Ishida

Takuya Ishida

Shinobu Ôtake

Shinobu Ôtake

Kozue Ueda

Kozue Ueda

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