Owls' Castle (1999)
2h 18m
Running Time
October 30, 1999Release Date
Owls' Castle (1999)
2h 18m
Running Time
October 30, 1999Release Date
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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, killing every man, woman and child he found in the village. Years later, one of the survivors has hired a young but skilled assassin to avenge the deaths of his friends and family. His mission: to sneak into the most heavily guarded castle in Japan, and kill the supreme ruler of the country.
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Cast & Crew.
Kiichi Nakai
Tsuzura Juzo
Mayu Tsuruta
Kohagi
Toshiya Nagasawa
Marishiten Dogen
Riona Hazuki
Kisaru
Takaya Kamikawa
Kazama Gohei
Jinpachi Nezu
Hattori Hanzo
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Details.
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Wiki.
Owls' Castle (梟の城, Fukurō no Shiro) is a 1999 Japanese ninja-themed jidaigeki film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was co-written by Shinoda and Katsuo Naruse, and stars Kiichi Nakai It is the second adaptation of Ryōtarō Shiba's 1959 novel Fukurō no Shiro, the first being the 1963 film Castle of Owls.