Owls' Castle

Owls' Castle
Film poster
Directed byMasahiro Shinoda
Written byMasahiro Shinoda
Katsuo Naruse
StarringKiichi Nakai
Mayu Tsuruta
Riona Hazuki
CinematographyTatsuo Suzuki
Music byJoji Yuasa
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • October 30, 1999 (1999-10-30) (Japan)
Running time
138 minutes
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥1,300,000,000

Owls' Castle (梟の城, Fukurō no Shiro) 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

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.[4]

Awards and accolades

References

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


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