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Movie: The Floating Castle
Romaji: Nobou no Shiro
Japanese: のぼうの城
Director: Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudo
Writer: Ryo Wada (novel/screenplay)
Producer: Osamu Kubota, Shinji Ogawa
Cinematographer: Shoji Ebara, Motonobu Kiyoku
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Runtime: 144 min.
Genre: Period-16th Century / Action
Production Company: Asmik Ace Entertainment, IMJ Entertainment
Distributor: Toho, Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

In the year 1590, powerful daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi nears his plan to unify all of Japan, but he comes across a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, in charge of defending the castle, must use his army of 500 men to combat Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army of 20,000.

Notes

"The Floating Castle" was originally scheduled for release September 17, 2011, but postponed after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, 2011. The movie features character Hideyoshi Toyotomi who implements a war strategy by using an "attack with water method", which the filmmakers felt might be inappropriate at such a close date to the natural disaster.

Cast



Mansai Nomura	Nana Eikura	Hiroki Narimiya	Tomomitsu Yamaguchi	Koichi Sato
Nagachika Narita	Kaihime	Sakamaki	Izumi	Tanba



Masachika Ichimura	Takehiro Hira	Takayuki Yamada	Yusuke Kamiji	Masahiko Nishimura
Hideyoshi Toyotomi	Masaie Natsuka	Yoshitsugu Otani	Mitsunari Ishida	Ujinaga Narita



Sei Hiraizumi	Isao Natsuyagi	Takeo Nakahara	Honami Suzuki	Gin Maeda
Yasusue Narita	monk	Hojo Ujimasa	Tama	Tahee



Akiyoshi Nakao	Machiko Ono	Mana Ashida
Kazou	Chiyo	Chidori

Additional Cast Members:

Shinji Kasahara - Satake Yoshinobu
Soko Wada

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Film Festivals

2012 (36th) Montreal World Film Festival - August 23-September 3, 2012 - World Greats
2012 (25th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 20-28, 2012 - Special Screenings *Asian Premiere
2013 (15th) Udine Far East Film - April 19-27, 2013 *Italian Premiere
2013 (14th) Japan Filmfest Hamburg" - May 22-26, 2013 - Opening Film *German Premiere
2013 (7th) JAPAN CUTS - July 11-21, 2013

Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction - 2013 (36th) Japan Academy Prize - March 8, 2013

Comments

Graham Hardy Sep 20 2013 8:29 am Please would someone tell me if I can get the bluray *region free or on region 2 that has UK (English subtiles) my japanese is rusty to say the least and I would like to see other Japanese films. So this was suggested to me as right up my street

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Jinni Mabalot Mar 28 2013 10:42 pm Saw this film on a flight coming back from an Asian vacation. I was mesmerized! I laughed; I cried. There was not a single frame that I would change. The cinematography was awesome, particularly in close-ups of the battle scenes where the castle is being attacked with minimal blood and gore for this genre. Based somewhat on a true story, it gave a face to the names of actual historical figures from the era. The plot had a few twists and turns not usually found in your run-of-the-mill samurai films. In summation, a totally worthwhile and enjoyable flick!

ingesz Jan 14 2011 6:48 pm OMG another MANSAI NOMURA movie .... along with Eikura Nana .... <3 <3

Liz Oct 22 2010 10:09 am looks like a good movie whens does it come out?

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