Awaiting Kirin

Awaiting Kirin (2020)

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.

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  • First Air Date: 2020-01-19
  • Last Air Date: 2021-02-07
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 44
  • Episode Runtime: 45 min.
  • Network: NHK
  • Director: Ohara Taku

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Seasons

  • Season 1

    44 Episodes

Trailer

Cast

  • Masahiro Motoki

    Saitou Toshimasa / Saito Dousan [the "Viper of Mino"]

  • Shota Sometani

    Oda Nobunaga

  • Hiroki Hasegawa

    Akechi Mitsuhide

  • Haruna Kawaguchi

    Oda Kicho [Nobunaga's legal wife]

  • Satoshi Tokushige

    Fujita Dengo [Akechi family retainer]

  • Katsunori Takahashi

    Oda Nobuhide [Nobunaga's father]

  • Sayuri Ishikawa

    Akechi Maki [Mitsuhide's Mother]

  • Rei Dan

    Dota Gozen [Nobunaga & Nobukatsu's mother]

  • Marie Machida

    Bamboo [Prostitute]

  • Shotaro Mamiya

    Akechi Samanosuke

  • Sei Ando

    Miki

  • Yusuke Santamaria

    Asakura Yoshikage [Asakura family head]

  • Masahiko Nishimura

    Akechi Mitsuyasu [Mitsuhide's uncle]

  • Masato Yano

    Toki Yorizumi

  • Jingi Irie

    Maeda Toshiie

  • Kyoko Maya

    Genouni [Motoyasu's grandmother]

  • Machiko Ono

    Iroha-dayu

  • Shunsuke Kazama

    Matsudaira Takechiyo

  • Reo Tamaoki

    Iheiji

  • Fumino Kimura

    Akechi Hiroko [Mitsuhide's wife]

  • Kaho Minami

    Miyoshino [Dousan's concubine]

  • Jun Hasegawa

    Saitou Magoshiro [Dosan's younger son]

  • Mugi Kadowaki

  • Ayumu Mochizuki

    Hosokawa Tadaoki

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