Saburo, (Oguri Shun) 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 him. 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.
Cast:
Oguri Shun as Oda Nobunaga
Shibasaki Kou as Ki Cho, Oda Nobunaga's wife
Mukai Osamu as Ikeda Tsuneoki
Kaho as Yuki
Yamada Takayuki as Denjiro
Fujigaya Taisuke as Maeda Inuchiyo
Fujiki Naoto as Takenaka Hanbee
Takashima Masahiro as Shibata Katsuie
Hamada Gaku as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Was a little surprised that a discussion wasnt created already. How's everyone finding it so far?
A little tidbit, there was an anime last season with the exact same title, and (not sure if it was a coincidence or not) Oguri Shun was the narrator for the anime series. Did anyone else watch the anime too? I watched it after knowing that there was a drama series coming out.
Differences that I remember between the anime and drama: