The Story of Osaka Castle (大坂城物語, Ōsaka-jō Monogatari)[a] is a 1961 Japanese Jidaigeki film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.

[2] The film is based on historical events taking place in Japan during the beginning of the 17th century.

Toshiro Mifune's character, Mohei is a contumacious wandering samurai with his very own point of view.

As a backdrop, there unfolds a conspiracy masterminded by the Toyotomi clan to rein in Lord Ieyasu Tokugawa's ambition for personal domination of Japan.

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