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Castle Under Fiery Skies (2009)
Directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka
Drama, History · 2h 20m
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
Shozo Endo
Tokuma Nishioka
Ikkei Watanabe
Renji Ishibashi
Takuya Ishida
Shinobu Otake
Kozue Ueda
Crew
- Director
- Mitsutoshi Tanaka
- Director of Photography
- Takeshi Hamada
- Original Music Composer
- Taro Iwashiro
- Editor
- Junnosuke Hogaki
- Producer
- Jun'ichi Shindô
Details
- Original title
- 火天の城
- Release date
- 2009-09-12
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Company, ION Cosmetics, YOMIREN, TOEI CM, FILM FACE, Dynamo Pictures