🎬 Movie 1980
Kagemusha
Akira Kurosawa's film about a thief who doubles for dying warlord Takeda Shingen. The story centers on the Takeda clan's castles and culminates in the historical Battle of Nagashino (1575). Himeji Castle appears in location shooting. The film depicts Takeda castle politics and the era of mountain and hill castle warfare.
2 castles featured in this movie
Castles Featured
Himeji Castle
姫路城 · Himeji-jo
📍 Hyogo — Kansai
The undisputed king of Japanese castles — the only one that has never been captured, never burned, and never rebuilt.
A+ Tourism 92/100
A+ Defense 95/100
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Nagashino Castle
長篠城 · Nagashino-jo
📍 Aichi — Chubu
Modest earthwork ruins at the site of the most historically significant battle of the Sengoku period — the castle where 500 men held out against 15,000 and changed Japanese warfare.
D Tourism 40/100
D Defense 45/100
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