Gunshi Kanbei

Gunshi Kanbei
Written by	Yoichi Maekawa
Directed by	Kenji Tanaka
Starring	Junichi Okada Miki Nakatani Akira Terao Shōsuke Tanihara Tori Matsuzaka Yuki Uchida Toma Ikuta Shunpūtei Koasa Fumi Nikaidō Tetsushi Tanaka Mirei Kiritani Gaku Hamada Mokomichi Hayami Issei Takahashi Kei Tanaka Mitsuki Takahata Kazuhiro Yamaji Tsurutaro Kataoka Takanori Jinnai Shingo Tsurumi Masatō Ibu Hitomi Kuroki Yōsuke Eguchi Naoto Takenaka Kyōhei Shibata
Theme music composer	Yugo Kanno
Composer(s)	Yugo Kanno
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	50
Production
Executive producer(s)	Takashi Nakamura
Running time	48 x 45 minutes 2 x 60 minutes
Release
Original network	NHK
Original release	January 5 – December 21, 2014
Chronology
Preceded by	Yae no Sakura
Followed by	Hana Moyu
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Gunshi Kanbei (軍師官兵衛, Gunshi Kanbee^?) is the 53rd NHK Taiga drama. Broadcast of the series began on January 5, 2014. It features Junichi Okada as the main character and depicts the life of Kanbei, a retainer of Kodera Masamoto, daimyo of Harima Province, and a strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The drama tells the story of Kuroda Kanbei, a son of Kuroda Mototaka, chief retainer of Kodera Masamoto who ruled Harima Province (currently Hyōgo Prefecture) in the 16th century. In troubled times, Kanbei persuades Kodera to join forces with the all-powerful Oda Nobunaga. Though imprisoned by Araki Murashige and lamed for life, Kanbei endures hardships and later becomes a strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His son Kuroda Nagamasa serves Tokugawa Ieyasu after the death of Toyotomi.

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