Takenaka Naoto & Eguchi Yosuke joins the cast of 2014 Taiga "Gunshi Kanbee"

Takenaka Naoto and Eguchi Yosuke attended a press conference held at NHK on 16 August where it was announced that they will be joining the cast of 2014 Taiga drama "Gunshi Kanbee" starring Okada Junichi. Takenaka will be playing the role of Toyotomi Hideyoshi for the first time in 18 years since he did so in 1996's Taiga "Hideyoshi" while Eguchi will be playing Oda Nobunaga. Takenaka commented that he didn't expect to play Hideyoshi again in a Taiga drama after all these years and expressed his joy at being able to return to his younger days. On the other hand, Eguchi commented that he was unsure what to do when the producer told him that he should act like a god when portraying Nobunaga but as soon as he wore the costume and beard during the fitting session, he felt like he could somehow achieve that and hoped to show a new side of Nobunaga through his performance.

Source: Sanspo