The release date for "Kurojo Castle" (directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa), a film adaptation of Honobu Yonezawa 's masterpiece mystery starring actor Masahiro Motoki Motoki, has been set for June 19th. The main visual featuring the entire cast of 13, including Araki Murashige played by Motoki, has also been released.
The original work (Kadokawa Bunko/KADOKAWA) was published in 2021 and is a popular work that has won numerous awards, including the 166th Naoki Prize and the 12th Yamada Futaro Prize. In opposition to Oda Nobunaga's methods, Araki Murashige (Motoki) launches a siege strategy, but mysterious incidents occur one after another. The suspects are vassals and family members who are inside the castle, which has become a closed room... As everyone becomes suspicious, Murashige attempts to solve the case together with Kuroda Kanbei ( Masaki Suda), a dangerous and genius military strategist who is imprisoned... This is a Sengoku-era psychological mystery.
The main visual features Murashige (Motoki), Kanbei (Suda), his wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yoshitaka), Araki Kyuzaemon (Munetaka Aoki), Murashige's confidant who leads the vassals, Inui Sukesaburo (Ryota Miyadate), a young vassal who is loyal to Murashige, Saika Shimoharu (Ryota Miyadate), a witness to the incident and an expert sniper, Gunjuemon (Tasuku Emoto Joe Odagiri), who operates in the shadows as Murashige's secret sword, and Murashige's powerful vassal, The cast features 13 characters: Akioka Shirosuke (Yusuke Santamaria), a skilled swordsman; Kawarabayashi Noto Nyudo (Mitsuo Yoshihara), a brave warrior monk; Kitagawara Yosaku (Ryota Bando), a hot-blooded young retainer; Muhen (Ryōyō Arakawa), a monk who secretly works as Murashige's secret emissary; Saiga Magoroku (Kiyohiko Shibukawa), a friendly general who leads the Saiga clan; and Takayama Tairō (Ikkei Watanabe), a devout warrior who also leads the Takatsuki clan.
