is a 2016 Japanese
jidaigeki adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama, starring
Shun Oguri and based on the
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
series
of the same name by Ayumi Ishii.
It was released in Japan by
Toho on 23 January 2016.
Plot
Saburo (
Shun Oguri) is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
Cast
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Shun Oguri as Saburō/
Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
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Akechi Mitsuhide
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Kō Shibasaki
is a Japanese actress and singer who has performed in television shows, movies, and commercials. She is managed by Stardust Promotion.
Biography Acting career
Shibasaki debuted in 2000, when she portrayed Mitsuko Souma in '' Battle Royale.'' ...
as
Kichō
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Osamu Mukai as
Ikeda Tsuneoki
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Takayuki Yamada as
Hashiba Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' ( feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Co ...
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Gaku Hamada
is a Japanese film and television actor. He was a regular cast member of Fuji TV's ''Operation Love'', appearing in all 11 episodes broadcast in 2007 and the 2008 special, and receiving an award for his role. He has made numerous other TV appe ...
as
Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Arata Furuta
is a Japanese theatre and film character actor.
Biography
Furata has a broad range that goes from playing serious salary men, to '' bushi'' in period drama roles, and even women.
He works with the theatrical troupe called Otona Keikaku and oft ...
as
Matsunaga Hisahide
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Taisuke Fujigaya
is a Japanese idol, singer and actor. He is most known as a member of the Johnny's boyband Kis-My-Ft2. He appeared as an actor in multiple television series, including ''Mars Ta Da Kimi Wo Aishiteru''. On September １９－２１、he star ...
as
Maeda Toshiie
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Kiko Mizuhara
Audrie Kiko Daniel (born October 15, 1990), known professionally as , is an American-born model, actress, singer and designer who has lived in Japan since childhood.
Kiko Mizuhara started her modeling career at the age of twelve when she ent ...
as
Oichi
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Masahiro Takashima as
Shibata Katsuie
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Denden
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Katsuya as
Hachisuka Koroku
, also known Hachisuka Koroku (蜂須賀小六), was a ''daimyō'', retainer and adviser of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history. He was the son of Hachisuka Masatoshi.
The Hachisuka clan were the ''kokuj ...
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Takumi Kitamura
Reception
The film was
number-one on its opening weekend in Japan, with 465,956 admissions and () in gross.
It was the 9th highest-grossing film in Japan in 2016 and also the 6th
highest-grossing Japanese film of the year in the country, with ().
References
External links
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Jidaigeki films
Japanese adventure films
2010s adventure films
Toho films
Nobunaga Concerto
Live-action films based on manga
2010s Japanese films
Cultural depictions of Oda Nobunaga
Cultural depictions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu
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