The Samurai and the Prisoner
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The Samurai and the Prisoner is a 2026 Japanese historical drama mystery film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and based on the novel of same name by Honobu Yonezawa. It stars Masahiro Motoki,
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Siege of Itami (1579)
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The second siege of Itami Castle, also called the siege of Arioka Castle during the Sengoku period of Japanese history, occurred in 1579, five years after it was seized by Oda Nobunaga in Siege of Ita
The Samurai and the Prisoner
…It stars Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, and Ryota Miyadate. It follows Masahiro Motoki as Araki Murashige during the siege of Arioka Castle in 1579. The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Premiere section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on 19 May. It was followed by its theatrical…
The placement of Araki forces around Itami, drawn in 1865, now housed in the Itami Prefectural Museum