Taking The Castle
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Directed byToshio Masuda
Screenplay by
- Toshio Masuda
- Keiichiro Ryu
Based onShiro wo Toru Hanashi
by Shōtarō Ikenami
by Shōtarō Ikenami
| Taking The Castle | |
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| Directed by | Toshio Masuda |
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| Based on | Shiro wo Toru Hanashi by Shōtarō Ikenami |
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| Music by | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Taking The Castle (Japanese: 城取り), also known as Shirotori, is a 1965 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Toshio Masuda.[1] The film was the first production to be released from Yūjirō Ishihara's company Ishihara Promotion.[2][3][4][5][6]
It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Shiro wo Toru Hanashi.[2][7]
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]
