Honno-Ji in Flames
1960The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. Kato's novel focuses on Mitsuhide's nephew Samanosuke, who fought alongside his uncle during the assault on Honnoji.
Acted in
Matsumoto Hakuō I
as Akechi Mitsuhide
Takahiro Tamura
as Oda Nobunaga
Michiko Saga
as Ono
Miki Mori
as Akechi Samanosuke
Kanjūrō Arashi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Seizaburō Kawazu
Chikage Awashima
as Kitsuki
Kikuko Hojo
as Kikyo
Keiko Kishi
as Tama
Yatarō Kitagami
as Hosokawa Tadaoki
Sachiko Murase
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Michitarō Mizushima
Hikosaburo Kataoka
Hiroshi Ogasawara
Shōji Yasui
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Hiroshi Nawa
Sōhei Kurata
Kenzō Tanaka
Joji Kaieda
Mitsuo Nagata
Toshio Nogi
Saburo Komyoji
Yoshito Yamaji
Takaaki Furuishi
Saburō Kumoi
Isao Ubukata
Shinpachi Kura
Toranosuke Tennoji
Shigeo Shizuyama
Tsuneo Ikeda
Sōshirō Matsumoto