Octowas the final episode of Takeshi's Castle.Įach episode was filmed over the entire length of the day, with some challenges going well into the night.įurther information: List of songs used on Takeshi's Castle
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Early in the series the games and production values were low budget, but later series featured extensive landscaping of a fixed campus at TBS-owned Midoriyama (Green Mountain) Studios that included large man-made lakes and extensive permanent obstacles in Yokohama, Japan.
Takeshi originally wanted the show to be a 'live-action Super Mario game'. However, there were only nine winners in total during the show's run. The player who stopped Takeshi won one million yen (which, at the time, was roughly equivalent to $8,000 US or £5,000 sterling). If the contestants gun penetrated the paper ring or hit the sensor on Takeshi's cart, against such weapons as a large water gun and a laser-armed plane, Takeshi's cart was deactivated, the castle was "taken" and the game "won". Later episodes introduced carts with paper rings, and eventually lasers and light-sensitive targets. In early episodes they would storm the castle set itself in a short-range water gun assault. Each show finished with a "Final Showdown" in which Count Takeshi (Kitano) was faced by the remaining contestants. The original show involved between 100 and 142 contestants whom General Lee ( Hayato Tani) "forced" into a series of silly physical challenges, eliminating many of the contestants.
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