The Floating Castle

The Floating Castle
The Floating Castle
	Poster
	のぼうの城
Directed by	Shinji Higuchi
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
Cinematography	Shoji Ebara
Music by	Kōji Ueno
Distributed by	Toho and Asmik Ace Entertainment
Release date	November 2, 2012;
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 20,000 samurai.

Cast

Mansai Nomura as Nagachika Narita
Nana Eikura as Kaihime
Hiroki Narimiya as Sakamaki
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Izumi
Kōichi Satō as Tanba
Masachika Ichimura as Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Takehiro Hira as Masaie Natsuka
Takayuki Yamada as Yoshitsugu Otani
Yusuke Kamiji as Mitsunari Ishida
Masahiko Nishimura as Ujinaga Narita
Sei Hiraizumi as Yasusue Narita
Isao Natsuyagi as Monk
Takeo Nakahara as Hojo Ujimasa
Honami Suzuki as Tama
Gin Maeda as Tahee
Akiyoshi Nakao as Kazou
Machiko Ono as Chiyo
Mana Ashida as Chidori

Production

The film was produced by the following studios.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

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]

Awards

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]