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.
1965-03-06
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Key Crew
DirectorToshio Masuda
ScreenplayIchirō Ikeda
Director of PhotographyMinoru Yokoyama
Original Music ComposerToshirō Mayuzumi
EditorMasanori Tsujii
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 10 crew)
Details
Released1965-03-06
Runtime2h 16m
StatusReleased
StudiosNikkatsu Corporation
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating9.0/10 · 1 votes
Original languageja
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