The Kiyosu Conference (2013)

The Kiyosu Conference is a 2013 Japanese movie directed by Koki Mitani and based on his own 2012 historical novel “Kiyosu Kaigi”. It premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 24, 2013.

Movie info

Original title: 清須会議
Transliterated title: Kiyosu Kaigi
Premiere date: October 24, 2013
Release date: November 9, 2013
Directed by: Koki Mitani
Written by: Koki Mitani (screenplay)
Koki Mitani (novel)
Runtime: 138 min.
Eiren rating: G (General Audiences)
Distributed by: Toho

Region 2 NTSC DVD (Japanese only)
Label: Toho (Japan)
Out: May 14, 2014
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All-region Blu-ray (Japanese only)
Label: Toho (Japan)
Out: May 14, 2014
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Plot

Following the death of Oda Nobunaga at Honnō-ji, an urgent conference is held at Kiyosu Castle involving several of Japan’s most influential leaders, including Shibata Katsuie, Hashiba Hideyoshi (later Toyotomi Hideyoshi), Niwa Nagahide, and Ikeda Tsuneoki. The men must decide how to handle issues such as succession of leadership and redistribution of territory while somehow avoiding resorting to outright violence.

During the conference, Hashiba attempts to use trickery to gain the upper-hand on the other men even though he’s outnumbered.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Koji Yakusho	Shibata Katsuie
	Yo Oizumi	Hashiba Hideyoshi
	Fumiyo Kohinata	Niwa Nagahide
	Koichi Sato	Ikeda Tsuneoki
	Kyoka Suzuki	Oishi-sama
	Satoshi Tsumabuki	Oda Nobukatsu
	Yusuke Iseya	Oda Sanjūrō Nobukane
	Minosuke Bando	Oda Nobutaka
	Ayame Gouriki	Shinshōni (Matsuhime)
	Eisuke Sasai	Oda Nobunaga
	Kanzaburo Nakamura	Oda Nobutada
	Tadanobu Asano	Maeda Toshiie
	Susumu Terajima	Kuroda Kanbei
	Kenji Anan	Takigawa Kazumasu
	Kenichi Matsuyama	Hori Hidemasa
	Denden	Maeda Gen'i
	Shinpei Ichikawa	Sassa Narimasa
	Kazuyuki Asano	Akechi Mitsuhide
	Shota Sometani	Mori Ranmaru
	Catherine Seto	Kosode
	Yoshimasa Kondo	Gihee
	Miki Nakatani	Nei
	Keiko Toda	Naka
	Zen Kajiwara	Koichirō
	Yuki Amami	Edage
	Toshiyuki Nishida	Rokubee Sarashina

Trivia

Actor Toshiyuki Nishida first portrayed samurai Rokubee Sarashina as a ghost who's involved in a murder case in Mitani's 2011 comedy A Ghost of a Chance.

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