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The Floating Castle

Japan Release: 2012
Running Time: 144 minutes

The Floating Castle


Japanese Title

のぼうの城
[Nobo no Shiro]

Distributor: Production:

Toho / Asmik Ace
Toho / C&I Entertainment / Asmik Ace / Asahi Shimbun / Shogakukan / Hakuhodo DY / TBS / Yahoo! Japan / WOWOW / Asatsu-DK / Broadcasting System of Niigata / Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting / Chugoku Broadcasting / Cybird Holdings / East Japan Marketing & Communications / Happinet / Hokkaido Broadcasting / Kou Shibusawa Production / Mainichi Broadcasting System / JAITS / Nippon Shuppan Hanbai / RKB Mainichi Broadcasting / Shizuoka Broadcasting System / TV Yamanashi / Tohoku Broadcasting Company / Tokyo FM / Tsutaya Group

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Titles
International Title

The Floating Castle

 Initial US Title

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US Distributor: - / Time: -
Alternate Titles

Nobou's Castle
[Literal]

 

Staff

Cast
Directed by Isshin Inudo, Shinji Higuchi
Writing credits Ryo Wada
Produced by Osamu Kubota, Shinji Ogawa
Executive Producer Masao Teshima, Ichiro Nobukuni, Kazuya Hamana
Music by Koji Ueno
Cinematography by Shoji Ehara, Motonobu Kiyoku
Film Editing by Soichi Ueno
Production Design by Norihiro Isoda, Noriyuki Kondo
Director of Special Effects Minami Tsujino		 Nagachika Narita Mansai Nomura
Kai, Princess Nana Eikura
Yukie Sakamaki Hiroki Narimiya
Izumi Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
Tanba Koichi Sato
Hideyoshi Toyotomi Masachika Ichimura
Masaie Natsuka Takehiro Hira
Yoshitsugu Otani Takayuki Yamada
Mitsunari Ishida Yusuke Kamiji
Ujinaga Narita Masahiko Nishimura
Yasusue Narita Sei Hiraizumi
Hojo Ujimasa Takeo Nakahara
Tama Honami Suzuki as
Tahee Gin Maeda
Kazou Akiyoshi Nakao
Chiyo Machiko Ono
Chidori Mana Ashida
Monk Isao Natsuyagi

Posters
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Background and Trivia
  • Based on the 2007 novel Nobou's Castle (のぼうの城) by Ryo Wada, who also wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film.




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