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Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord

  • Drama
  • History
  • TV Movie

March 26, 2021 (JP)

2h 1m

Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led his army to invade Owari Province territory, now in Aichi Prefecture Nagoya City area, was the leader Nobunaga of this surprising burst of death. After the war, the Imagawa clan...

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