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Awaiting Kirin (2020)

麒麟がくる

After the Onin War, the world is plunged into chaos. Amid this situation, heroes of the warring states begin to emerge in an attempt to unify the country and rule in these turbulent times. In the mid-1540s, there is a young wandering samurai in Mino which is strategically located between the East and West. His name is Akechi Mitsuhide. At this time, there is plenty of internal strife within the Toki clan which rules Mino. Surrounded by the Oda of Owari, the Imagawa of Suruga and the Asakura of Echizen, Mino has constantly faced the risk of invasion. Mitsuhide is pulled into battle and destroys the enemy. His bravery as well as stratagem catches the attention of Saito Toshimasa, the chief retainer of the Toki clan, and he is singled out. This man who is also known as Saito Dosan will go on to takeover the Toki and make Mino his own.

Awaiting Kirin

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Masahiro Motoki

Masahiro Motoki

as Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "Viper of Mino"]

as Oda Nobunaga

Hiroki Hasegawa

Hiroki Hasegawa

as Akechi Mitsuhide

Haruna Kawaguchi

Haruna Kawaguchi

as Oda Kicho [Nobunaga's legal wife]

Satoshi Tokushige

Satoshi Tokushige

as Fujita Dengo [Akechi family retainer]

Katsunori Takahashi

Katsunori Takahashi

as Oda Nobuhide [Nobunaga's father]

Sayuri Ishikawa

Sayuri Ishikawa

as Akechi Maki [Mitsuhide's Mother]

as Dota Gozen [Nobunaga & Nobukatsu's mother]

as Bamboo [Prostitute]

as Akechi Samanosuke

Yusuke Santamaria

Yusuke Santamaria

as Asakura Yoshikage [Asakura family head]

Masahiko Nishimura

Masahiko Nishimura

as Akechi Mitsuyasu [Mitsuhide's uncle]

as Toki Yorizumi

as Maeda Toshiie

as Genouni [Motoyasu's grandmother]

Shunsuke Kazama

Shunsuke Kazama

as Matsudaira Takechiyo

as Akechi Hiroko [Mitsuhide's wife]

as Miyoshino [Dousan's concubine]

as Saitou Magoshiro [Dosan's younger son]

Ayumu Mochizuki

Ayumu Mochizuki

as Hosokawa Tadaoki

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