Adventure in Kigan Castle

Overview

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.

Release date

Apr 28, 1966

Rating

5.7 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 45 minutes

Genres

Action
Adventure
Family

Cast

Toshirō Mifune
As Osami
Tatsuya Mihashi
As The King
Makoto Satō
As Gorjaka
Tadao Nakamaru
As Ensai
Mie Hama
As Innkeeper's daughter
Akiko Wakabayashi
As Spuria, Chamberlain's daughter
Yumi Shirakawa
As Queen Izato
Akihiko Hirata
As Chamberlain
Masashi Taiki
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As Sundara
Jun Tazaki
As Innkeeper
Ichirō Arishima
As Hermit the Old Wizard
Minoru Takada
As Old King in Kotan
Sachio Sakai
As Guide
Susumu Kurobe
As Military Leader
Shigeki Ishida
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As Pastor Chief
Hideyo Amamoto
As Granny the Old Witch
Hiroshi Hasegawa
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As Chief Guard
Shante Zaberi
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As Priest A
E.M. Aziz
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As Priest B
Ren Yamamoto
As Guard
Ikio Sawamura
As Auctioneer
Hiroko Sakurai
As Handmaiden

Crew

Senkichi Taniguchi
Role: Director
Akira Ifukube
Role: Original Music Composer
Yoshio Nishikawa
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Role: Sound
Kazuo Yamada
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Role: Director of Photography
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Role: Executive Producer
Toshirō Mifune
Role: Associate Producer
Osamu Dazai
Role: Original Story
Hiroshi Ueda
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Role: Production Design
Takeshi Kimura
Role: Screenplay