Sekigahara (film)

Sekigahara
Directed byMasato Harada
Based onSekigahara
by Ryōtarō Shiba
Starring
Narrated byKatsumi Kiba
Distributed byToho, Asmik Ace
Release date
  • August 26, 2017 (2017-08-26)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.4 billion[1]

Sekigahara (関ヶ原) is a 2017 jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Masato Harada starring Junichi Okada as Ishida Mitsunari.[2] The film recounts the Battle of Sekigahara, a six-hour battle in 1600 that brought an end to the Warring States era in Japanese history, as well as the political struggles that led up to it.[3] It is an adaptation of the 1966 novel Sekigahara by Ryōtarō Shiba.

  1. ^ http://www.eiren.org/toukei/img/eiren_kosyu/data_2017.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "関ヶ原". eiga.com. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Asia Times