Nobunaga Concerto (film)

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Nobunaga Concerto (信長協奏曲) is a 2016 Japanese jidaigeki adventure film directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama, starring Shun Oguri and based on the manga series of the same name by Ayumi Ishii.[4][5] It was released in Japan by Toho on 23 January 2016.[1]

Japanese信長協奏曲
Directed byHiroaki Matsuyama
Written byMasafumi Nishida
Michitaka Okada
Keisuke Uyama
Screenplay byMasafumi Nishida (manga)
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Nobunaga Concerto
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Japanese信長協奏曲
Directed byHiroaki Matsuyama
Written byMasafumi Nishida
Michitaka Okada
Keisuke Uyama
Screenplay byMasafumi Nishida (manga)
Story byAyumi Ishii
Based on
Nobunaga Concerto
by Ayumi Ishii
Produced byNaoto Inaba
Ken Murase
Shinya Furugori
StarringShun Oguri
Edited byShoji Ehara
Music by☆Taku Takahashi[1]
Production
companies
Fuji TV
Akita Television
Ehime Broadcasting
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
Running time
126 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$42.6 million[2][3]
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Plot

Saburo (Shun Oguri) is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.

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Reception

The film was number-one on its opening weekend in Japan, with 465,956 admissions and ¥616 million (US$5.2 million) in gross.[6] It was the 9th highest-grossing film in Japan in 2016 and also the 6th highest-grossing Japanese film of the year in the country, with ¥4.6 billion (US$39.11 million).[7]

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