Movie: Nobunaga Concerto
Romaji: Nobunaga Kontseruto
Japanese: 信長協奏曲
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
Writer: Ayumi Ishii (manga), Masafumi Nishida, Michitaka Okada, Keisuke Uyama
Producer: Naoto Inaba, Ken Murase, Shinya Furugori
Cinematographer: Shoji Ehara
Release Date: January 23, 2016
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Based on a Comic / Time Travel / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Production Company: Fuji TV
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
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.
Notes
Based on the manga series "Nobunaga Kontseruto" by Ayumi Ishii (first published June, 2009 by manga magazine Monthly Shonen Sunday).
Filming began early April, 2015 and finished June 12, 2015. Filming locations include Tokyo, Kyoto, Ibaraki Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture. Filming also took place at Hikone Castle and Himeji Castle.
Related titles:
Nobunaga Concerto | Nobunaga Kontseruto (Fuji TV / 2014)
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie | Nobunaga Kontseruto (2016)
Cast
Shun Oguri as Saburo / Nobunaga Oda / Mitsuhide Akechi
Kou Shibasaki as Kicho
Osamu Mukai as Tsuneoki Ikeda
Takayuki Yamada as Denjiro Tahara
Taisuke Fujigaya as Inuchiyo Maeda
Kiko Mizuhara as Ichi
Gaku Hamada as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Arata Furuta as Hisahide Matsunaga
Masahiro Takashima as Katsuie Shibata
Additional Cast Members :
Denden - Takugen
Katsuya - Hachisuka Koroku
Masanobu Sakata - Nagahide Niwa
Shinnosuke Abe - Narimasa Sassa
Takumi Kitamura - Nagayoshi Mori