Owls' Castle Explained

Owls' Castle
Starring:	Kiichi Nakai Mayu Tsuruta Riona Hazuki
Director:	Masahiro Shinoda
Cinematography:	Tatsuo Suzuki
Studio:	Nintendo
Runtime:	138 minutes
Language:	Japanese
Music:	Joji Yuasa
Budget:	¥1,300,000,000

is a 1999 Japanese ninja-themed jidaigeki film directed by Masahiro Shinoda.^{[1] [2]} 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,^[3] the first being the 1963 film Castle of Owls.^[4]

Cast

• Kiichi Nakai as Jūzō Tsuzura
• Takaya Kamikawa as Gohei Kazama
• Mayu Tsuruta as Kohagi
• Riona Hazuki as Kisaru
• Shōhei Hino as Kuroami
• Akiji Kobayashi
• Akira Nakao
• Mako Iwamatsu as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Jinpachi Nezu as Hattori Hanzō
• Kinnosuke Hannayagi as Ishida Mitsunari
• Shima Iwashita
• Masahiko Tsugawa
• Atsuo Nakamura

Production

Nintendo was a production partner on the film, and the use of special effects and computer-generated imagery was widely touted in the film's marketing.

Awards and accolades

• Nikkan Sports Film Awards: Ishihara Yujiro Award (1999).
• Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

Best Director - Masahiro Shinoda (2000).

• Japanese Academy Awards: Best Art Direction - Yoshinobu Nishioka (2000).^[5] The film also received nine Japanese Academy Award nominations.

External links

• • • Comparison between original film (Castle of Owls) and the remake

Notes and References

1. Web site: 梟の城 . 映画の時間. 10 November 2018.
2. Web site: 梟の城. kotobank. 27 December 2020.
3. Web site: 梟の城. Kinema Junpo. 27 December 2020.
4. Web site: CASTLE OF OWLS vs. OWL'S CASTLE – Vintage Ninja . Vintage Ninja – Old ninja movies, comics, toys, weapons and more… . 2020-05-20 . 2021-06-03.
5. Web site: 第23回日本アカデミー賞. Japan Academy Film Prize Association. ja. 27 November 2021.