23 Sep 1950
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Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led his army to invade Owari Province territory, now in Aichi Prefecture Nagoya City area, was the leader Nobunaga of this surprising burst of death. After the war, the Imagawa clan who originally dominated the Tokaido region fell away, and the victorious Oda Nobunaga quickly expanded his power in Central Japan and the Kinki region, laying the foundation for his future control of the central government of Japan.
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十三代目 市川團十郎 Oda Nobunaga
広瀬すず No-hime (Nobunaga's wife)
中尾明慶 Tomohiro Kiyoshi
竹中直人 Michizora Hotaka
北村一輝 Oda Nobuhide
味方良介 Hattori Koheita
松田龍平 Shibata Katsuie
佐藤浩市 Saito Dozo
黒木瞳 Tsuchida Gozen
鈴鹿央士 Matsudaira Motoyasu
三上博史 Imagawa Yoshimoto
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