Fuurin Kazan - NHK

The 46th Historical Drama is a life story of Yamamoto Kansuke, a lonely genius of strategy at the Age of the Civil War in the 16th century.

Kansuke works under Takeda Shingen and pursues his dream of unifying the whole country through aiding the warlord of Kai. At the same time, Kansuke supports Shingen’s concubine Yu from his selfless affection for the woman who hates but eventually loves the warlord who killed her father and family.

With the aid of Kansuke’s strategies, Shingen expands his power northward, where he is destined to fight with Kenshin Uesugi, the warlord of Echigo.

The drama portrays how those who fight for their dreams face their destinies in the turbulent age.

Cast:
Masaaki Uchino - Kansuke Yamamoto
Kamejirō Ichikawa - Shingen Takeda
Yuki Shibamoto - Princess Yū
Gackt Camui (Gackt) - Kenshin Uesugi
Shihori Kanjiya - Mitsu
Yoshiki Arizono - Denbei Kawaramura
Jiyuu Arima - Takichi Kuzukasa
Ryuta Satō - Heizō
Tatsyua Nakadai - Nobutora Takeda
Noritoshi Kashiwa - Nobushige Takeda
Sonny Chiba - Nobukata Itagaki
Terjima Susumu - Shimotsuke Akabe
Ryu Raita - Torayasu Amari
Kaneda Akio - Toramasa Obu
Takeshi Katō - Torasada Morozumi
Seiichi Tanabe - Nobuari Oyamada
Kazuya Takahashi - Nobuharu Bab
Kai Shishido - Toratane Hara
Issei Takahashi - Masatake Komai
Kōtarō Tanaka - Masanobu Kosaka
Yasuyuki Maekawa - Masakage Yamagata
Kuranosuke Sasaki - Yuikitaka Sanada
Chizuru Ikewaki - Lady Sanjō
Jun Fubuki - Lady Ooi
Sachiko Sakarai - Nene
Misa Shimizu - Shinome
Miyoko Asada - Hagino
Akemi Omori - Shima
Sadanji Ichikawa - Norimasa Uesugi
Ken Ogata - Sadamitsu Usami
Shōsuke Tanihara - Yoshimoto Imagawa
Shiho Hujimura - Jyukeini
Masatō Ibu - Sessai Taigen
Makoto Matsui - Ujiyasu Hōjō

Based on Yasushi Inoue's historical novel, Fūrinkazan.

"Fūrinkazan" = "Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain", which is a reference to the war banner used by Takeda Shingen, which in turn was taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain."