FujiTV year-end drama SP "Onna Nobunaga"

Amami Yuki will be starring in FujiTV drama SP "Onna Nobunaga" as Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku era who was born as a female but raised as a man by her father Oda Nobuhide. The drama SP based on a 2006 novel by Naoki Award winner Sato Kenichi is scheduled to be shown at the end of the year over two nights and it had a stage play version starring Kuroki Meisa in 2009. The female Nobunaga's romantic interest Akechi Mitsuhide will be played by Uchino Masaaki while Koyuki plays the wife of Nobunaga who doesn't know her husband's true gender. Other supporting cast members include Iseya Yusuke who plays Toyotomi Hidekichi while his sister Ichi will be played by Nagasawa Masami. Filming began last week.

Source: Sanspo