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Awaiting Kirin

84 %|Jan 19, 2020|Drama, War & Politics

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.

Ohara Taku
Creator

Cast

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Masahiro Motoki
Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "Viper of Mino"]
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Shota Sometani
Oda Nobunaga
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Hiroki Hasegawa
Akechi Mitsuhide
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Haruna Kawaguchi
Oda Kicho [Nobunaga's legal wife]
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Satoshi Tokushige
Fujita Dengo [Akechi family retainer]
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Katsunori Takahashi
Oda Nobuhide [Nobunaga's father]
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Sayuri Ishikawa
Akechi Maki [Mitsuhide's Mother]
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Rei Dan
Dota Gozen [Nobunaga & Nobukatsu's mother]
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Marie Machida
Bamboo [Prostitute]
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Shotaro Mamiya
Akechi Samanosuke
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Yusuke Santamaria
Asakura Yoshikage [Asakura family head]
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Masahiko Nishimura
Akechi Mitsuyasu [Mitsuhide's uncle]
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Masato Yano
Toki Yorizumi
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Jingi Irie
Maeda Toshiie
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Kyoko Maya
Genouni [Motoyasu's grandmother]
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Machiko Ono
Iroha-dayu
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Shunsuke Kazama
Matsudaira Takechiyo
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Fumino Kimura
Akechi Hiroko [Mitsuhide's wife]
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Kaho Minami
Miyoshino [Dousan's concubine]
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Jun Hasegawa
Saitou Magoshiro [Dosan's younger son]
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Ayumu Mochizuki
Hosokawa Tadaoki