Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda (1959)

7.5/10 • 95 min • Drama History Adventure

Overview

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy military governor with land holdings in Owari province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582. Telling the story of his rise to prominence as he leads an army of 4,000 men against the 40,000 troops of Lord Imagawa Yoshimoto to prevent the arrogant daimyo from crushing the Oda clan and taking control of the entire nation. From a newly restored anamorpic widescreen print, this is the ultimate warlord movie.

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Oda Nobunaga

Kyōko Kagawa

Katsuo Nakamura

Kinoshita Tokichiro

Kōtarō Satomi

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Eijirō Yanagi

Eitarō Shindō

Jotaro Togami

Kusuo Abe

Koinosuke Onoe

Shin Tokudaiji

Kunio Kaga

Masao Oda

Eijirō Kataoka

Akiko Kazami

Sōji Kiyokawa

Sonosuke Sawamura

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