Honno-Ji in Flames

The 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.

• Tatsuo ŌsoneDirector
• Shotaro IkenamiScreenplay
• Kawakami MitsuhachiScreenplay

• Matsumoto Hakuō IAkechi Mitsuhide
• Takahiro TamuraOda Nobunaga
• Michiko SagaOno
• Miki MoriAkechi Samanosuke
• Kanjūrō ArashiTokugawa Ieyasu
• Seizaburō KawazuCast
• Chikage AwashimaKitsuki
• Kikuko HojoKikyo
• Keiko KishiTama
• Yatarō KitagamiHosokawa Tadaoki
• Sachiko MuraseCast
• Kichiemon Nakamura IICast