Taking The Castle

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Taking The Castle
Directed byToshio Masuda
Screenplay byToshio Masuda, Keiichiro Ryu
Starring
Music byToshiro Mayuzumi
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • March 6, 1965 (1965-03-06) ( Japan)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Taking The Castle (Japanese: 城取り) also known as "Shirotori" is a 1965 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Toshio Masuda.[1] The film is the first film to be released from Yūjirō Ishihara's company Ishihara Promotion.[2][3][4][5][6]

Based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel "Shiro wo Toru Hanashi".[2][7]

Plot

At the end of the Sengoku period, While other Daimyo are joining Tokugawa Ieyasu's army one after another. but only Uesugi clan is brave enough stand in Ieyasu's way. Kuruma Touzo is a ronin who left Kobayakawa Hideaki. He is impressed by the Uesugi clan's courage and tries to help. His target is Tamonyama castle under construction by Date clan.[2][7]

Cast

Actor Role
Yūjirō Ishihara Kuruma Touzo
Minoru Chiaki Tawara Sanai
Tamao Nakamura Osen
Chieko Matsubara Mahime
Tatsuya Fuji Young Samurai
Taketoshi Naito Unsui
Kenji Imai Shibuya Tenzen
Eiji Gō Tomita Ippachi
Gannosuke Ashiya Shirakonaya Chojiro
Kamatari Fujiwara Kanbei
Osamu Takizawa Naoe Kanetsugu
Jūshirō Konoe Akaza

References

  1. ^ "調布で「時代劇特集」の無料映画上映 石原裕次郎主演「城取り」". 調布経済新聞. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "城取り". Nikkatsu. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ "城取り". eiga.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ "城取り". ザテレビジョン. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ^ "城取りとは". kotobank. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. ^ 日活アクションの華麗な世界:1954-1971 第十一章 青春との訣別-爛熟期における裕次郎像の概観 p.266-280 三本の異色作-「太平洋ひとりぼっち」「敗れざるもの」「城取り」
  7. ^ a b "城取り". 文化庁Agency for Cultural Affairs 日本映画情報システム. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

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