The ninth episode of the NHK Taiga drama "BROTHERS IN ARMS （Toyotomi Brothers!）" (General TV, Sundays at 8pm and other times), starring actor Nakano Taiga, entitled "A Man Called Takenaka Hanbei", was broadcast on March 8th, and viewers responded to the "key figure in Sengoku history" who appeared in the preview for the next episode after the main story.
"BROTHERS IN ARMS （Toyotomi Brothers!）" is the 65th taiga drama. It depicts the miracle of the Toyotomi brothers, Hidenaga (Koichiro) and his older brother Hideyoshi (Tōkichirō), who achieve the great feat of unifying the country with their strong bond. It is a success story of hope and dreams, depicting the rise to power.
The subtitle of the next episode, the 10th, is "Nobunaga's Journey to Kyoto" and will be broadcast on March 15th.
In the 10th episode, Nobunaga (Shun Oguri Shun) finally conquers Mino, and Hanbei (Masaki Suda) becomes a vassal of Tokichiro (Ikematsu Sosuke).
Meanwhile, Akechi Mitsuhide (played by Jun Kaname) visits Nobunaga as an emissary of Ashikaga Yoshiaki. He asks Nobunaga to kill the Miyoshi clan, who had killed the previous shogun, and then go to Kyoto to support Yoshiaki as shogun. Nobunaga accepts the offer and decides to marry his sister Ichi (played by Ayumu Nakajima) to Azai Nagamasa (played by Aoi Miyazaki), who is an obstacle to Nobunaga's journey to Kyoto, thereby making peace. Before Ichi marries, she asks Koichiro (played by Nakano) for a favor... and so the story unfolds.
The "key figure in Sengoku history" featured in the trailer is Akechi Mitsuhide. He is a wicked minister who drove his lord, Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful man in Japan, to commit suicide during the Honnoji Incident, said to be the greatest mystery in Japanese history, and greatly changed the course of the times. He was a man of character who was loved by his subjects and known as a wise ruler, and is also said to have been a cultured and well-educated man of culture, but his true identity is still shrouded in mystery.
On social media, people are already expressing their expectations, with comments such as, "Is Kaname Jun Akechi Mitsuhide?", "Lord Akechi!", "Next week it's Akechi Jubei," "Akechi Mitsuhide has finally arrived," "I'm excited to see Akechi Mitsuhide in the preview," and "It's finally Akechi Mitsuhide, Kaname Jun."
