Sekigahara

The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.

Cast

Junichi Okada

as Ishida Mitsunari

Kasumi Arimura

as Hatsume

Koji Yakusho

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Takehiro Hira

as Shima Sakon

Masahiro Higashide

as Kobayakawa Hideaki

Yasumasa Oba

as Otani Yoshitsugu

Kenichi Matsuyama

as Naoe Kanetsugu

Shihou Harumi

as Ankokuji Ekei

Shû Nakajima

as Serubicchi

Noriko Nakagoshi

as Hanano

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