Fukurō no Shiro

Fukurō no Shiro (梟の城, Owls' Castle) is the ninja-themed 1959 debut novel of Japanese author Ryōtarō Shiba, which won him the Naoki Prize in 1960 after the story was published by Kodansha. It has been adapted into a 3-part "Naoki Award Series" TV broadcast on the Fuji Television Network in 1960, and into two jidaigeki-genre films, Castle of Owls in 1963 and Owls' Castle in 1999.

Film adaptations

Castle of Owls

, literally "Owls' Castle Ninja Secret Handbook", also known as Samurai Spies (not to be confused with the unrelated film Samurai Spy), is a 1963 Japanese adaptation directed by Eiichi Kudō. It starred Ryūtarō Ōtomo in the lead role.

Cast

• RyÅ«tarō Ōtomo as Juzo
• Minoru Ōki as Gohei
• Hizuru Takachiho as Kohagi
• Chiyoko Honma as Kizaru
• Choichiro Kawarazaki as Kumotaro
• Kantarō Suga as Maeda Geni

Owls' Castle

is a 1999 Japanese adaptation directed by Masahiro Shinoda starring Kiichi Nakai.

See also

• Kaze no Bushi
• Kunitori Monogatari Taiga drama : Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played Tsuzura Juzō

References

External links

• Castle of Owls - Vintage Ninja
• Comparison between original film (Castle of Owls) and the remake