Kirin ga Kuru

Synopsis

NHK’s fifty-ninth taiga drama reimagines Akechi Mitsuhide, history’s most famous Japanese traitor, as an idealistic young samurai of Mino who dreams of a peaceful land where the mythical kirin might appear. Serving first the Saito clan and later entering the orbit of the brilliant, volatile Oda Nobunaga, Mitsuhide rises through the wars of the Sengoku period alongside figures such as Dosan, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu. The series follows his growing loyalty to Nobunaga and the slow, painful divergence between the two men, building across forty-four episodes toward the fateful Honno-ji Incident of 1582 that defines his name.