The Floating Castle

is a 2012 Japanese historical-drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo, starring Mansai Nomura, and adapts Ryō Wada's novel (2007) of the same name. Set in feudal Japan, the film is based on the Siege of Oshi and depicts the struggle of Oshi's villagers in defending their fortress against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign against the Hojo clan. Against insurmountable odds, Narita Nagachika, the fortress's castellan, leads a group of 500 men against 20,000 men led by Ishida Mitsunari, part of Toyotomi clan's greater army of 20,000 samurai. Cast Mansai Nomura as Nagachika Narita Nana Eikura as Kaihime Hiroki Narimiya as Sakamaki Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Izumi Kōichi Satō as Tanba Masachika Ichimura as Hideyoshi Toyotomi Takehiro Hira as Masaie Natsuka Takayuki Yamada as Yoshitsugu Otani Yusuke Kamiji as Mitsunari Ishida Masahiko Nishimura as Ujinaga Narita Sei Hiraizumi as Yasusue Narita Isao Natsuyagi as Monk Takeo Nakahara as Hojo Ujimasa Honami Suzuki as Tama Gin Maeda as Tahee Akiyoshi Nakao as Kazou Machiko Ono as Chiyo Mana Ashida as Chidori Production The film was produced by the following studios.