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Director
  
Hiroshi Inagaki

Country
  
Japan

6.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
Japanese

The Story of Osaka Castle movie poster

Release date
  
January 3, 1961 (1961-01-03) (Japan) June 6, 1961 (1961-06-06) (U.S.)

Writer
  
Hiroshi Inagaki, Takeshi Kimura, Genzo Murakami (story)

The Story of Osaka Castle (大阪城物語, Ōsaka-jō Monogatari) is a 1961 color Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki based on historical events taking place in Japan during the beginning of the 17th century. It was also known as Daredevil in the Castle and The Tale of Osaka Castle in the UK.

Contents

Plot

The plot is set about a decade after the battle of Sekigahara. Toshiro Mifune's character, Mohei is a contumacious wandering samurai with his very own point of view. He arrives in the city of Osaka to look for new beginning. As a background, unfolds a conspiracy of the Toyotomi clan to stop Lord Ieyasu Tokugawa's ambition for personal domination of Japan.

Cast

  • Toshiro Mifune as Mohei
  • Kyoko Kagawa as Ai
  • Yuriko Hoshi as Senhime
  • Yoshiko Kuga as Kobue
  • Isuzu Yamada as Yodogimi
  • Yosuke Natsuki as Chomonshu Kimura
  • Jun Tazaki as Teikabo Tsutumi
  • Danko Ichikawa (Sarunosuke Ichikawa) as Saizo Muin
  • Akihiko Hirata as Hayatonosho (Hayato) Susukida
  • Takashi Shimura as Katagiri
  • Koedako Kuroiwa as Nobuo
  • Tetsuro Tamba as Sadamasa Ishikawa
  • Tadao Nakamaru as Hyogo
  • Ryusuke Kagawa as Michiiku Itamiya
  • Yu Fujiki as Danuemon Hanawa
  • Seizaburo Kawazu as Harunaga Ono
  • Susumu Fujita as Katsuyasu Sakakibara
  • Hanshiro Iwai as Hideyori Toyotomi
  • Sachi Sakai as Kai Hayami
  • Yoshio Kosugi as Gidayu Fujimoto
  • Kichijiro Ueda as Jinbei (owner of the equipment shop)
  • Chieko Nakakita as Kyoku (of Yae)
  • Haruko Togo as woman out of Ono
  • Hideyo Amamoto as interpreter
  • Junichiro Mukai as Kumoi
  • Shoji Ikeda as Chusho Nanjo
  • Shiro Tsuchiya as Tosho Horita
  • Akira Tani as rice shop owner
  • Shin Otomo as Itamiya manager
  • Katsumi Tezuka as Shuma Ono
  • Senkichi Omura
  • Ikio Sawamura
  • Koji Uno
  • Yasuhisa Tatsumi
  • Haruo Nakajima
  • Hans Horneff
  • Bill Bassman
  • Toshiko Nakano
  • Osman Yusef

    • Awards

  • Kinema Junpo Award (1962), Best Actor Toshiro Mifune

    • References

    The Story of Osaka Castle Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Story of Osaka Castle IMDb The Story of Osaka Castle themoviedb.org


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