Castle of Owls

Name: Castle of Owls
Director: Eiichi Kudo
Released: 1963
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Ryûtarô Ôtomo, Minoru Ôki, Hizuru Takachiho, Chiyoko Honma, Chôichirô Kawarasaki

1963 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 337 VOTES · DIR. Eiichi Kudo

Overview

Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the 'Taiko' becomes the target of an assassination attempt to be carried out by the Iga Clan of ninja spies. Master spy Juzo Tsuzura (Ryutaro Otomo) is assigned the task, but first he must defeat a former Iga spy who has become a traitor, and outwit the treacherous woman that is trying to seduce him.

Dialogue Timeline — 610 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:06 TOEI COMPANY, LTD Presents

00:04:25 hacked them to death.

00:08:17 He was engaged to her.

00:10:38 Wait in there.

00:15:19 I expected you.

00:19:12 You hated the life in our order.

00:21:44 You have no more obligation whatsoever to Iga.

00:24:34 At the Fushimi Castle.

00:28:40 Not so quick.

00:31:44 It won't be easy.

00:35:51 No, I didn't follow you for that.

00:39:02 I promise I'll help you get Juzo.

00:43:20 I got there too late.

00:47:17 How did you find me?

00:49:48 Do you mean your work is more important than a woman?

00:53:49 It's useless to run.

00:58:38 Kuroami, I'm Gohei. I'll help you die.

01:04:28 You're skillful but not a real warrior.

01:09:29 Why should I?

01:19:11 If you make noise, I'll stab you to death.

01:21:03 Under one condition.

01:24:05 You talk too much!

01:26:44 I'm ashamed.

01:31:07 Subtitles and timing taken manually by AntiJw.

Cast & Characters

Ryûtarô Ôtomo Juzo Minoru Ôki Gohei Hizuru Takachiho Kohagi Chiyoko Honma Kizaru Chôichirô Kawarasaki Kumotaro Kensaku Hara Akitake Kôno Junko Matsukawa Masao Mishima Kantarô Suga

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed610

Dialogue density6.7 lines / min

First line00:00:06

Final line01:31:07

Production Record

DirectorEiichi Kudo

LanguageJapanese

IMDb votes337