Taking the Castle
1965, Japanese. Directed by Toshio Masuda.
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to revolt, a young samurai warrior, Touzou Kuruma decides to join the fight. Their target: the Tamonyama Castle.
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 6 March 1965
- Original title
- 城取り
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Ichirō Ikeda, Toshio Masuda
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Taking the Castle runs 136 minutes (2h 16m).
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Taking the Castle isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 March 1965. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Taking the Castle?
Taking the Castle (1965) was directed by Toshio Masuda and stars Yūjirō Ishihara, Minoru Chiaki, Tamao Nakamura.