Castle of Owls (1963)
- Original title
- 忍者秘帖 梟の城
- Directed by
- Eiichi Kudo
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, ninja film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A ninja and a woman get caught up in a romance during the turbulent Sengoku period. The film follows their involvement in a political scheme that pits loyalty against love.
historicalseriousdramaticromanticatmospherictragicstylized
What happens
Fukurō no Shiro (梟の城, Owls' Castle) is the ninja-themed 1959 debut novel of Japanese author Ryōtarō Shiba, which won him the Naoki Prize in 1960 after the story was published by Kodansha. It has been adapted into a 3-part "Naoki Award Series" TV broadcast on the Fuji Television Network in 1960, and into two jidaigeki-genre films, Castle of Owls in 1963 and Owls' Castle in 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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