Castle Under Fiery Skies (火天の城) 14 years old

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.

Credits

Kippei Shiina as Oda Nobunaga

Ikkei Watanabe as

Renji Ishibashi as

Takuya Ishida as

Tokuma Nishioka as

Toshiyuki Nishida as

Castle Under Fiery Skies Cast

Name	Character
Kippei Shiina He was 45, now 59 years old	as Oda Nobunaga
Ikkei Watanabe He was 46, now 61 years old
Renji Ishibashi He was 68, now 82 years old
Takuya Ishida He was 22, now 37 years old
Tokuma Nishioka He was 62, now 77 years old
Toshiyuki Nishida He was 61, now 76 years old
Saki Fukuda She was 18, now 33 years old
Shôzô Endô He was 38, now 52 years old
Shinobu Otake She was 52, now 66 years old

Castle Under Fiery Skies Crew

Name	Department
Mitsutoshi Tanaka as Director. He was 50 (now 65) years old	Directing

Castle Under Fiery Skies (14 years)

Release day: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Runtime: 140 minutes