Kubi
HistoryActionDramaComedyThrillerjapansamuraibased on novel or bookjidaigekisengoku periododa nobunagaazuchi-momoyama periodhonnō-ji incident
A darkly comedic samurai thriller set during Japan's turbulent Sengoku period, blending historical intrigue with genre-hopping tonal shifts as a vassal's rebellion threatens a warlord's ambitions.
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
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Takeshi Kitano
Hashiba Hideyoshi
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Akechi Mitsuhide
Ryo Kase
Oda Nobunaga
Tadanobu Asano
Kuroda Kanbei
Nao Omori
Hashiba Hidenaga
Shido Nakamura
Naniwa Mosuke
Yuichi Kimura
Sorori Shinzaemon
Kenichi Endo
Araki Murashige
Masanobu Katsumura
Saito Toshimitsu
Kenta Kiritani
Hattori Hanzo
Kaoru Kobayashi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ittoku Kishibe
Sen no Rikyu
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