The last scene, where Taketoki played by Mifune was shot one arrow after another, was not a special effect, but a real action in which a specialist of Toshiya (long-range archery) of Sanjusangendo Temple really shot arrows at Mifune.
三船演ずる武時が次々と矢を射かけられるラストシーンは、特撮ではなく、実際に三十三間堂の通し矢の名手が三船めがけて矢を射た。