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Castle of Owls (1963) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1963 · 91 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Eiichi Kudo
- Starring
- Masao Mishima, Akitake Kôno, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Minoru Ōki, Ryutaro Otomo, Kensaku Hara
A film adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel places its story against the looming threat of war with Korea. As Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the “Taiko,” becomes the target of an Iga Clan assassination plot, master spy Juzo Tsuzura (Ryutaro Otomo) is dispatched. Before he can complete the mission, he must defeat a renegade former Iga operative and outwit a seductive, treacherous woman who seeks to thwart him.
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