The Castle Of Cagliostro
mild violence, threat, injury detail, sex references, language
Director(s)Hayao Miyazaki
Production year1979
Release date22/08/2025
Genre(s)Action, Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes100m
CastYasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
The Castle Of Cagliostro
mild violence, threat, injury detail, sex references, language
A thief goes on a mission to save a princess and defeat a villainous count in this 1979 Japanese animated action comedy ...
A thief goes on a mission to save a princess and defeat a villainous count in this 1979 Japanese animated action comedy sequel.
violence
Action sequences include sword battles, shoot-outs and fist fights.
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include sustained chase sequences and brief knife threat. A character is crushed to death between the hands of a giant clock, without visual detail. In other scenes a man keeps a woman captive and sedated in order to force her to marry him.
language
There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms such as 'damn'.
sex
A man is referred to as a 'womaniser' and 'lustful'. There are also references to a man's mistress.
injury detail
A patch of blood is briefly seen.
additional issues
There are also scenes of smoking.
mild violence, threat, injury detail, sex references, language
Classified Date:
12/08/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
violence
Action sequences include sword battles, shoot-outs and fist fights.
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include sustained chase sequences and brief knife threat. A character is crushed to death between the hands of a giant clock, without visual detail. In other scenes a man keeps a woman captive and sedated in order to force her to marry him.
language
There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms such as 'damn'.
sex
A man is referred to as a 'womaniser' and 'lustful'. There are also references to a man's mistress.
injury detail
A patch of blood is briefly seen.
additional issues
There are also scenes of smoking.
mild violence, threat, injury detail, sex references, language
Classified Date:
29/07/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Subtitled
violence
Action sequences include sword battles, shoot-outs and fist fights, but we don't see anyone get hurt in the fighting.
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include sustained chase sequences and brief knife threat. A character is crushed to death between the hands of a giant clock, without visual detail. In other scenes a man keeps a woman captive and sedated in order to force her to marry him.
language
There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms such as 'bums', 'damn', 'darn', and 'heck'.
sex
The film contains mild sex references.
injury detail
After a man is knocked unconscious by a fall we see a small pool of blood under his head. Scenes set in a dungeon show skeletons in piles, chained to the walls and hanging from the ceiling. The images are not gory.
additional issues
There are also scenes of smoking.
mild violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
19/07/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Dubbed
violence
Action sequences include sword battles, shoot-outs and fist fights, but we don't see anyone get hurt in the fighting.
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include sustained chase sequences and brief knife threat. A character is crushed to death between the hands of a giant clock, without visual detail. In other scenes a man keeps a woman captive and sedated in order to force her to marry him.
injury detail
After a man is knocked unconscious by a fall we see a small pool of blood under his head. Scenes set in a dungeon show skeletons in piles, chained to the walls and hanging from the ceiling. The images are not gory.
additional issues
A sexist villain addresses a woman as ‘wench’ and ‘wretched female’; the work as a whole does not condone such attitudes. Other issues include very mild bad language (eg 'hell', 'damn', 'moron', 'jerk', 'son of a-') and scenes of smoking.
Classified Date:
11/11/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
Contains some mild violence
Classified Date:
21/10/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
Paperwork Remarks:
Re-edited version
Subtitled
violence
Mild violence includes a scene in which a character is shot down, resulting in some bloody injury detail.
additional issues
There is use of very mild bad language ('damn').
Classified Date:
16/05/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
08/12/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified date12/08/2025
LanguageJapanese
violence
Action sequences include sword battles, shoot-outs and fist fights.
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include sustained chase sequences and brief knife threat. A character is crushed to death between the hands of a giant clock, without visual detail. In other scenes a man keeps a woman captive and sedated in order to force her to marry him.
language
There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms such as 'damn'.
sex
A man is referred to as a 'womaniser' and 'lustful'. There are also references to a man's mistress.
injury detail
A patch of blood is briefly seen.
additional issues
There are also scenes of smoking.
Director(s)Hayao Miyazaki
Production year1979
Release date22/08/2025
Genre(s)Action, Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes100m
CastYasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
mild violence, threat, injury detail, sex references, language
Classified Date:
12/08/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Anime Ltd
violence
Action sequences include sword battles, shoot-outs and fist fights.
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include sustained chase sequences and brief knife threat. A character is crushed to death between the hands of a giant clock, without visual detail. In other scenes a man keeps a woman captive and sedated in order to force her to marry him.
language
There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms such as 'damn'.
sex
A man is referred to as a 'womaniser' and 'lustful'. There are also references to a man's mistress.
injury detail
A patch of blood is briefly seen.
additional issues
There are also scenes of smoking.
mild violence, threat, injury detail, sex references, language
Classified Date:
29/07/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Subtitled
violence
Action sequences include sword battles, shoot-outs and fist fights, but we don't see anyone get hurt in the fighting.
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include sustained chase sequences and brief knife threat. A character is crushed to death between the hands of a giant clock, without visual detail. In other scenes a man keeps a woman captive and sedated in order to force her to marry him.
language
There is mild bad language ('crap'), as well as milder terms such as 'bums', 'damn', 'darn', and 'heck'.
sex
The film contains mild sex references.
injury detail
After a man is knocked unconscious by a fall we see a small pool of blood under his head. Scenes set in a dungeon show skeletons in piles, chained to the walls and hanging from the ceiling. The images are not gory.
additional issues
There are also scenes of smoking.
mild violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
19/07/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Dubbed
violence
Action sequences include sword battles, shoot-outs and fist fights, but we don't see anyone get hurt in the fighting.
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include sustained chase sequences and brief knife threat. A character is crushed to death between the hands of a giant clock, without visual detail. In other scenes a man keeps a woman captive and sedated in order to force her to marry him.
injury detail
After a man is knocked unconscious by a fall we see a small pool of blood under his head. Scenes set in a dungeon show skeletons in piles, chained to the walls and hanging from the ceiling. The images are not gory.
additional issues
A sexist villain addresses a woman as ‘wench’ and ‘wretched female’; the work as a whole does not condone such attitudes. Other issues include very mild bad language (eg 'hell', 'damn', 'moron', 'jerk', 'son of a-') and scenes of smoking.
Classified Date:
11/11/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
Contains some mild violence
Classified Date:
21/10/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
Paperwork Remarks:
Re-edited version
Subtitled
violence
Mild violence includes a scene in which a character is shot down, resulting in some bloody injury detail.
additional issues
There is use of very mild bad language ('damn').
Classified Date:
16/05/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified Date:
08/12/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment Ltd
Classified date12/08/2025
LanguageJapanese
