Castle Under Fiery Skies

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.

• Release date
• September 12, 2009
• Runtime
• 140 min
• Genres
• Drama, History
• Director
• Mitsutoshi Tanaka

Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida Saki Fukuda Kippei Shiina Oda Nobunaga Shozo Endo Tokuma Nishioka Ikkei Watanabe Renji Ishibashi Takuya Ishida