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Samurai Banners

2007-01-07 · 50 min / episode · ★ 7.6

Drama · War & Politics

Fūrin Kazan was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout 2007. The four characters 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."

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NHK
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Japan
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Ended

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Seiyo UchinoSeiyo Uchino
Ennosuke IchikawaEnnosuke Ichikawa
GACKTGACKT
Tatsuya NakadaiTatsuya Nakadai
Misa ShimizuMisa Shimizu
Miyoko AsadaMiyoko Asada
Asami MizukawaAsami Mizukawa
Susumu TerajimaSusumu Terajima
Sonny ChibaSonny Chiba
Ken MitsuishiKen Mitsuishi
Jun FubukiJun Fubuki
Renji IshibashiRenji Ishibashi
Shiho FujimuraShiho Fujimura
Masatô IbuMasatô Ibu
Seiichi TanabeSeiichi Tanabe
Sukekiyo KameyamaSukekiyo Kameyama

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