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    Castle Under Fiery Skies

    140'

    2009-09-12

    8.6

    Drama,History

    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.

    DirectingMitsutoshi Tanaka

    Cast

    2

    Toshiyuki Nishida

    1

    Saki Fukuda

    2

    Oda Nobunaga

    Kippei Shiina

    1

    Shozo Endo

    2

    Tokuma Nishioka

    1

    Ikkei Watanabe

    3

    Renji Ishibashi

    1

    Takuya Ishida

    2

    Shinobu Otake

    1

    Kozue Ueda

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Toei Company
      2. ION Cosmetics
      3. YOMIREN
      4. TOEI CM
      5. FILM FACE
      6. Dynamo Pictures
    • Vote Count: 14
    • Popularity: 0.7674
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:火天の城

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