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Sep 12, 2009 · With Toshiyuki Nishida, Saki Fukuda, Shôzô Endô, Mido Fukui. An achievement-type of story: a builder/carpenter/architect goes through trials and tribulations to construct an impressive castle for his employer, the major Japanese historical figure, Oda Nobunaga.
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- Mitsutoshi Tanaka
- 2009-09-12
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Movie:Castle Under Fiery SkiesRomaji:Katen no ShiroJapanese:火天の城Director: Mitsutoshi TanakaThe 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 t...
Based on Kenichi Yamamoto's 2004 Novel "Katen no Shiro".The movie and novel concerns wood carpenters ordered to construct the Azuichi Castle, built from 1576-1579 on the shores of Lake Biwa in Omi Province, under the supervision of daimyo Oda Nobunaga.Location was chosen due its proximity to the capital of Kyoto - could watch and guard approaches to the capital, but distant enough to be immune to the conflicts and fires that occasionally occured...Unlike other castles of its days, Azuichi was not built solely for military purposes, but also as a lavish mansion, which would impress and intimidate rival clans.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.
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Castle Under Fiery Skies (Katen No Shiro) Details: 2009, Rest of the world, 139 mins. Direction:Mitsutoshi Tanaka. With: Saki Fukuda , Shozo Endo and Toshiyuki Nishida.
In the Age of the Country at War, peasant carpenter Motaemon Okabe is summoned by Lord Nobunaga to oversee the mammoth task of the construction of the fabled 7 story fortress Azuchi Castle, a huge castle to be built on Mount Azuchi overseeing and guarding the then-capital Kyoto.
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