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Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
8.0 / 10• 2021• 2h 1m•NR• Japanese
DramaHistoryTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ichikawa Ebizo XI
Oda Nobunaga
Lead
Suzu Hirose
No-hime (Nobunaga's wife)
Akiyoshi Nakao
Tomohiro Kiyoshi
Naoto Takenaka
Michizora Hotaka
Kazuki Kitamura
Oda Nobuhide
Ryosuke Mikata
Hattori Koheita
Ryuhei Matsuda
Shibata Katsuie
Koichi Sato
Saito Dozo
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Shunsaku Kawake's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
