Preview of "Onna Nobunaga"

Title: Onna Nobunaga
Official site: here
Official Facebook page: here
Broadcast by: FujiTV
Timeslot: 5 April and 6 April (9pm)
Original novel by: Sato Kenichi
Scriptwriter: Hashimoto Hiroshi
Cast: Amami Yuki, Uchino Masaaki, Koyuki, Iseya Yuusuke, Nagasawa Masami, Tamayama Tetsuji, Sato Jirou, Suzuki Kazuma, Kaku Kento, Michishima Shinnosuke, Yamaji Kazuhiro, Yamashita Shinji, Mitani Koki, Suzuki Fuku, Fubukoshi Mitsuru, Takeuchi Riki, Hiraizumi Sei, Takahata Atsuko, Nakamura Shido, Fujiki Naohito, Sato Koichi, Nishida Toshiyuki

Production press conference of drama SP "Onna Nobunaga"

The production press conference of FujiTV drama SP "Onna Nobunaga" was held on 26 March which was attended by Amami Yuki, Uchino Masaaki, Koyuki, Iseya Yuusuke, Nagasawa Masami, Tamayama Tetsuji and Fujiki Naohito. The drama SP will be shown on 5th and 6th April at 9pm and is based on the novel by Naoki award winner Sato Kenichi which assumed that Oda Nobunaga was actually a woman in disguise. Amami plays the female version of Nobunaga in this SP with Koyuki playing Nouhime, the wife of Nobunaga. Uchino plays Akechi Mitsuhide who had all along been known as a  rebel but will be Nobunaga's greatest confidante in this story. Tamayama Tetsuji plays Asai Nagamasa while Nagasawa acts as Nobunaga's younger sister Oichi. As this was the first time that Nagasawa and Iseya appeared together in public ever since rumours of them dating after working on this SP came out, there were many reporters who came to cover the event but the two of them stood far apart from each other and did not comment on the rumours at all.

Source: Sponichi / Sponichi

Filming of "Onna Nobunaga" underway in Shiga

Filming for the FujiTV drama SP "Onna Nobunaga" is underway at Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture. The cast members including Amami Yuki, Uchino Masaaki, Tamayama Tetsuji, Iseya Yuusuke, Nakamura Shido, Koyuki and Nagasawa Masami met the press in their costumes despite the sweltering heat and talked about their roles in the drama. Amami received a lot of praise from her co-stars about her impersonating as a male Oda Nobunaga and it has been years since she put on a moustache for her role in "Gone With The Wind" when she was still in the Takarazuka. Filming had begun since July.
The drama SP is based on the same titled novel by Naoki award winner Sato Kenichi where Oda Nobunaga is supposed to be a woman disguised as a man. Amami had read the novel when it was first published in 2006 and was very excited when she was offered the role. She will also be appearing in some intimate scenes with Uchino and Tamayama.

Source: Sanspo

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