| The Floating Castle | |
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| のぼうの城 | |
| Directed by | |
| Written by | Ryō Wada |
| Produced by | Osamu Kubota |
| Starring | Mansai Nomura Nana Eikura Hiroki Narimiya Tomomitsu Yamaguchi Yusuke Kamiji Takayuki Yamada Takehiro Hira Masachika Ichimura Kōichi Satō |
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| Music by | Kōji Ueno |
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| Distributed by | Toho and Asmik Ace Entertainment |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Floating Castle (のぼうの城, 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.
The film was produced by the following studios.[citation needed]
Mark Adams of Screen International gave the film a favorable review, describing the film as an "epic period action-comedy packed with wonderfully over-the-top characters, great production values and some spectacular sequences".[1]
The film racked up ten nominations for the Japan Academy Prize, winning one for Best Art Direction.[2] Additionally it was nominated for three Asian Film Awards.[3]
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