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Kunitori Monogatari

Kunitori Monogatari

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Overview

Set in Japan several centuries back. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Dosan Saito, Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi.

Created by Yasuko Ōno
Written by Yasuko Ōno, Ryōtarō Shiba
Produced by Endo Toshio
NetworksNHK

Top Cast

Mikijiro Hira

Mikijiro Hira

Saito Dosan

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Oda Nobunaga

Keiko Matsuzaka

Keiko Matsuzaka

No Hime

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

Miyoshino Hime

Masaomi Kondo

Masaomi Kondo

Akechi Mitsuhide

Shōhei Hino

Shōhei Hino

Hashiba Hideyoshi

Themes & Keywords

historical figurejidaigekitaiga

About Kunitori Monogatari

Kunitori Monogatari is a drama series that first aired in 1973 exploring themes of historical figure, jidaigeki, taiga. Created by Yasuko Ōno, it stars Mikijiro Hira, Hideki Takahashi, Keiko Matsuzaka. Set in Japan several centuries back. It depicts the struggles of three historical warriors, Dosan Saito, Nobunaga Oda and Mitsuhide Akechi.

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