Kokurojo

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Movie: Kokurojo
Romaji: Kokurojo
Japanese: 黒牢城
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer: Honobu Yonezawa (novel), Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Producer: Satoko Ishida
Cinematographer: Yasuyuki Sasaki
Release Date: June 19, 2026
Runtime: 147 min.
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Murashige Araki (Masahiro Motoki) raises a rebellion against tyrannical Nobunaga Oda and he carries out the strategy of holing up in his castle. His castle is surrounded by Nobunaga Oda's troops and isolated from the outside. While Murashige Araki restrains his hot-tempered retainers in the castle, he struggles to protect the castle and the people in the castle with emotional support from his wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yoshitaka). Around this time, a boy inside the castle is murdered. Since then, a series of mysterious incidents takes place, one after the other, inside the castle. The culprit must be someone inside the castle as the castle is sealed to the outside. Murashige Araki tries to solve this mystery with the dangerous, but genius military strategist Kanbee Kuroda (Masaki Suda), who is imprisoned within the castle's dungeon.

Notes

Based on novel "Kokurojo" by Honobu Yonezawa (published June 2, 2021 by Kadokawa). Novel 'Kokurojo' is the winner of the 166th Naoki Prize in 2021, the 22nd Honkaku Mystery Award in 2022, the 12th Futaro Yamada Award in 2021, and Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! in 2022.

Cast



Masahiro Motoki	Masaki Suda	Yuriko Yoshitaka	Munetaka Aoki	Ryota Miyadate
Murashige Araki	Kanbee Kuroda	Chiyoho	Kyuzaemon Araki	Sukesaburo Inui



Tasuku Emoto	Joe Odagiri	Yusuke Santamaria	Mitsuo Yoshihara	Ryota Bando
Sagehari Saika	Juemon Koori	Shironosuke Akioka	Notonyudo Kawarabayashi	Yosaku Kitagawara