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5.9/10   151 votes
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Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Writers:
Katsuo Naruse (writer)
Ryotaro Shiba (novel)
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Release Date:
30 October 1999 (Japan) more
Plot:
As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
Realistic ninja movie more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Kiichi Nakai ... Tsuzura Juzo
Mayu Tsuruta ... Kohagi
Riona Hazuki ... Kisaru
Takaya Kamikawa ... Kazama Gohei
Toshiya Nagasawa ... Marishiten Dogen
Jinpachi Nezu ... Hattori Hanzo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kinnosuke Hannayagi ... Ishida Mitsunari
Shohei Hino ... Kuroami
Shima Iwashita ... Kita no Mandokoro
Toshio Kakei ... Kumohei
Hideyuki Kasahara ... Iseya Employee
Haruko Mabuchi ... Old Woman Kusunoki

Mako ... Toyotomi Hideyoshi (as Mako Iwamatsu)
Kei Mizutani ... Bedhead Concubine
Atsuo Nakamura ... Tsuzura Tarobe / Narrator
Akira Nakao ... Tokugawa Ieyasu
Shoichi Ozawa ... Imai Sokyu
Nobuko Tanaka ... Yodogimi
Takashi Tsumura ... Maeda Gen'i
Takeshi Wakamatsu ... Ueno Yahei
Gaku Yamamoto ... Shimotsuge Jirozaemon
Akio Yokoyama ... Maeda Toshiie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Owls' Castle (USA)
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Runtime:
138 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Certification:
South Korea:15

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Realistic ninja movie, 7 November 2004
10/10
Author: Likeke3 from United States

This movie was highly enjoyable for me. Most people i know didn't care for it because there wasn't as much action as they expected, and the action wasn't really high flying super ninja like. But to me it seemed realistic and the action was really good. The movie included ninja weapons, ninpo (ninja magic), stealth, underwater fight scenes, and from what i hear from another review was choreographed by someone who knew how to actually kill peopl. All in all I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes Japanese ninja movies with some history in it without expecting crouching tiger-like action. After all, these are ninjas not string work kung fu martial artist.

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