Takeshi's Castle: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Takeshi's Castle (1986): Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.

Story and premise
Welcome to Takeshi's Castle, a Japanese game show involving 100 to 140 contestants who try to go through a series of silly physical challenges designed to eliminate them. Designed like a live-action Mario game, thousands of people have come to take on Takeshi's Castle to try and win the ¥1,000,000 prize but hardly anyone does!
Series details
- Title: Takeshi's Castle
- Format: Game Show
- Language: Japanese
- Premiere date: 1986-05-02
- Final broadcast date listed: 1990-10-19
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
- Network country: Japan
- Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 76806
- IMDb ID: tt0375466
- TVDB ID: 347486
Cast and credited roles
- Takeshi Kitano — Count Takeshi
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1986-05-02; final listed air date 1990-10-19.
Source and licence
Adapted from Takeshi's Castle on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.


