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The cast of next year's Taiga Drama series "Kirin ga Kuru" in the chapter 1 (maybe) was announced on the 13th of March. Hiroki Hasegawa who plays the role of AKECHI Mitsuhide is featured in the series.
Mugi Kadowaki as Koma
Takashi Okamura as Kikumaru, farmer who supports Mitsuhide
Sayuri Ishikawa as Maki, mother of Mitsuhide
Masahiko Nishimura (*) as AKECHI Mitsuyasu, father of Mitsuhide
Katsunori Takahashi as ODA Nobuhide, father of Nobunaga
Shōzō Uesugi as HIRATE Masahide, tutor of Nobunaga
Toshinori Omi as TOKI Yoriaki, lord of Mino
Erika Sawajiri as Kichō (Nō hime), daughter of Dōsan and wife of Nobunaga
Shōta Sometani as ODA Nobunaga
Masaaki Sakai as MOCHIZUKI Tōan
Masahiro Motoki (**) as SAITŌ Dōsan
Hideaki Itō as SAITŌ Yoshitatsu, heir of Dōsan
(*) Nishimura acts MUROGA Masatake in "Sanada Maru".
(**) Motoki appears in "Taiheiki" in 1991 whose script is written by Shunsaku Ikehata and he also writes that of "Kirin ga Kuru".
John R. Graham will be in charge of the music in the series.
The image below is from the official website of NHK. Hasagawa (standing in the centre of the front row) and other cast.