Daredevil in the Castle

Original title: Ôsaka-jô monogatari

1961
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

196

YOUR RATING

Action Adventure Drama

Mohei is a wandering swordsman. He arrives in the city of Osaka, where the Toyotomi clan accepts him and comes to depend upon his courage and his battlefield skills. Those skills are sorely ... Read allMohei is a wandering swordsman. He arrives in the city of Osaka, where the Toyotomi clan accepts him and comes to depend upon his courage and his battlefield skills. Those skills are sorely tested when Osaka Castle is besieged by the army of the opposing Tokugawa clan.Mohei is a wandering swordsman. He arrives in the city of Osaka, where the Toyotomi clan accepts him and comes to depend upon his courage and his battlefield skills. Those skills are sorely tested when Osaka Castle is besieged by the army of the opposing Tokugawa clan.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

196

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Quotes
Saizo Muin: [as Mohei has wrestled him down] Wait! Wait, wait, wait! You're from the castle, aren't you?
Mohei: You don't look like someone from the castle either.
Saizo Muin: Are you an Oga man or a Koga man?
Mohei: I'm just a man.
Saizo Muin: Aren't you a ninja?
Mohei: Are you a ninja?
Saizo Muin: Oh, I know who you are.
Mohei: Hold it. I don't have any ninja friends.
Saizo Muin: When they dangled you from Horai Bridge, I was the one who cut the rope. Don't you remember?

Connections
Featured in Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki (1964)

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Review

Featured review

8/10

A good mixture of drama and samurai action.

This is one of many samurai movies starring the great Toshiro Mifune. Here, he plays wandering swordsman Mohei, who is accepted by the Toyotomi clan in Osaka. Conflict erupts when the Osaka Castle is attacked by the opposing Tokugawa clan.

Even for a movie made in the early 1960s, the cinematography and special effects were realistic and believable, really capturing the intensity and trauma of war. The samurai action illustrates the courage and skills of Mohei and the love subplot between Mohei and Ai (Kyôko Kagawa) blends together with the plot well, enhancing the drama of the film.

It's not the most exciting or edge-of-your-seat material, but does give you a hour and a half of worthy entertainment.

Grade B.

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