Secret of Naruto
Seen it?1957 | 101 min | Drama, Action
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for anyone who likes corsets, castles and court intrigue and anyone after some adrenaline. The costumes and settings are a feast on their own. Liked Battle Royale or Beast? This is a good next one.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 1 hr 41 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1957: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Chikage Awashima
- Toshio Chiba
- Kazuo Hasegawa
- Raizō Ichikawa
- Tatsuya Ishiguro
- Ryōsuke Kagawa
- Satoko Minami
- Osamu Takizawa
- Fujiko Yamamoto
- Naritoshi Hayashi