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Written by Sumio Ōmori Theme music composer Akira Senju First episode date 7 January 2007 Director Kazuhiko Shimizu Number of episodes 50 | 8.5/10 Directed by Kazuhiko Shimizu Country of origin Japan Final episode date 16 December 2007 Composer Akira Senju | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Masaaki Uchino
Ichikawa Kamejirō II
Gackt
Chizuru Ikewaki
Yuki Shibamoto
Akio Kaneda
Seiichi Tanabe
Kazuya Takahashi
Kai Shishido
Shōsuke Tanihara
Ryuta Sato
Shihori Kanjiya
Asami Mizukawa
Misa Shimizu
Naomi Nishida
Makoto Matsui
Miyoko Asada
Tokuma Nishioka
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Fumiyo Kohinata
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Masatō Ibu
Ichikawa Sadanji IV
Takeshi Katō
Raita Ryū
Jun Fubuki
Shiho Fujimura
Ken Ogata
Sonny Chiba
Tatsuya Nakadai Opening theme Ken Takaseki and NHK Symphony Orchestra Main characters Yazaki Heizō, Lady Ooi, Jyukeini Similar Heart of a Samurai, Koumyou Ga Tsuji, Takeda Shingen, Atsuhime, Sanada Maru |
F rin kazan taiga drama
Fūrin Kazan (風林火山) was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout 2007.
Contents
- F rin kazan taiga drama
- Story
- Staff
- Yamamoto family
- Kuzukasa village
- Takeda family
- Takeda Army
- Uesugi
- Imagawa
- Hj
- Other Shinano Daimy
- Others
- Episodes
- Soundtrack
- Books
- References

The story, to a large extent, was an adaptation of Yasushi Inoue's 1959 historical novel of the same title (published in English under the title The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan). The four characters of the title, from left to right are wind, woods, fire, and mountain. The title is a reference to the war banner used by Takeda Shingen, which in turn was taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War. It means "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain."

Story

Like many of the previous Taiga dramas, Fūrin Kazan deals with the Sengoku period. Based on Yasushi Inoue's novel by the same title, it depicts the life of Yamamoto Kansuke who is known as one of Takeda Shingen's renowned strategists.
Staff

Yamamoto family
Kuzukasa village
Takeda family
