The Floating Castle (2012)

Original title

のぼうの城

Directed by

Shinji Higuchi

Genre

historical drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

16

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1590s Japan, a small fortress holds out against an enormous army. The castellan and 500 villagers must defend their home from 20,000 samurai.

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What happens

The Floating Castle (Japanese: のぼうの城, Hepburn: Nobō no Shiro) is a 2012 Japanese historical drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo, starring Mansai Nomura, and adapts Ryō Wada's novel (2007) of the same name. Set in feudal Japan, the film is based on the Siege of Oshi and depicts the struggle of Oshi's villagers in defending their fortress against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign against the Hojo clan. Against insurmountable odds, Narita Nagachika, the fortress's castellan, leads a group of 500 men against 20,000 men led by Ishida Mitsunari, part of Toyotomi clan's greater army of 200,000 samurai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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