The Story of Osaka Castle
1961 Japanese film
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The Story of Osaka Castle (大坂城物語, Ōsaka-jō Monogatari)[a] is a 1961 Japanese Jidaigeki film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.[2] The film is based on historical events taking place in Japan during the beginning of the 17th century.[3]
Directed byHiroshi Inagaki[1]
Written byHiroshi Inagaki (screenplay)[1]
Takeshi Kimura (screenplay)[1]
based on novel by Genzo Murakami[1]
Takeshi Kimura (screenplay)[1]
based on novel by Genzo Murakami[1]
Produced byTomoyuki Tanaka[1]
StarringToshiro Mifune
Kyōko Kagawa
Akihiko Hirata
Kyōko Kagawa
Akihiko Hirata
| The Story of Osaka Castle | |
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki[1] |
| Written by | Hiroshi Inagaki (screenplay)[1] Takeshi Kimura (screenplay)[1] based on novel by Genzo Murakami[1] |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka[1] |
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune Kyōko Kagawa Akihiko Hirata |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Yamada[1] |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube[1] |
| Distributed by | Toho Company Ltd. |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
The plot is set in the 1610s, about a decade after the battle of Sekigahara (1600). 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 backdrop, there unfolds a conspiracy masterminded by the Toyotomi clan to rein in Lord Ieyasu Tokugawa's ambition for personal domination of Japan.
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune as Mohei[1]
- Kyōko Kagawa as Ai[1]
- Yuriko Hoshi as Senhime[1]
- Yoshiko Kuga as Kobue[1]
- Isuzu Yamada as Yodogimi[1]
- Yosuke Natsuki as Chomonshu Kimura[1]
- Jun Tazaki as Teikabo Tsutumi[1]
- Danko Ichikawa (Sarunosuke Ichikawa) as Saizo Muin[1]
- Akihiko Hirata as Hayatonosho (Hayato) Susukida[1]
- Takashi Shimura as Katagiri Katsumoto[1]
- Koedako Kuroiwa as Nobuo[1]
- Tetsurō Tamba as Sadamasa Ishikawa[1]
- Tadao Nakamaru as Hyogo[1]
- Ryosuke Kagawa as Michiiku Itamiya[1]
- Yu Fujiki as Danuemon Hanawa[1]
- Seizaburo Kawazu as Ōno Harunaga[1]
- Susumu Fujita as Katsuyasu Sakakibara[1]
- Hanshiro Iwai as Toyotomi Hideyori[1]
- Sachi Sakai as Kai Hayami[1]
- Yoshio Kosugi as Gidayu Fujimoto[1]
- Kichijiro Ueda as Jinbei (owner of the equipment shop)[1]
- Chieko Nakakita as Kyoku (of Yae)[1]
- Haruko Togo as woman out of Ono[1]
- Hideyo Amamoto as interpreter[1]
- Junichiro Mukai as Kumoi[1]
- Shoji Ikeda as Chusho Nanjo[1]
- Shiro Tsuchiya as Tosho Horita[1]
- Akira Tani as rice shop owner[1]
- Shin Otomo as Itamiya manager[1]
- Katsumi Tezuka as Shuma Ono[1]
- Senkichi Omura[1]
- Ikio Sawamura[1]
- Koji Uno[1]
- Yasuhisa Tatsumi[1]
- Haruo Nakajima[1]
- Hans Horneff[1]
- Bill Bassman[1]
- Toshiko Nakano[1]
- Osman Yusef[1]
