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Kubi is a 2023 Japanese historical samurai film written, directed and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars as Hashiba Hideyoshi. The film is based on the novel of the same name, which was released in 2019 and written by Kitano. The film depicts the historical event of the Honnō-ji incident, which took place in the Sengoku period in 1582. Kadokawa Corporation produced the film and co-distributed it in Japan with Toho. The film also stars Hidetoshi Nishijima as Akechi Mitsuhide, Ryo Kase as Oda Nobunaga, Tadanobu Asano as Kuroda Kanbei, and Nao Omori as Hashiba Hidenaga.
Original Release
11/23/2023
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Takeaki Abe | Masatoki Tsuda |
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa | Muneharu Shimizu / Shimizu Muneharu |
Tadanobu Asano | Kanbei Kuroda / Kuroda Kanbei |
Ken'ichi Endô | Murashige Araki / Araki Murashige |
Dario Imaz | Spanish missionary |
Ryo Kase | Nobunaga Oda / Oda Nobunaga |
Masanobu Katsumura | Toshimitsu Saito / Saito Toshimitsu |
Yûichi Kimura | Shinzaemon Sorori / Sorori Shinzaemon |
Kenta Kiritani | Hanzo Hattori / Hattori Hanzo |
Ittoku Kishibe | Sen no Rikyu |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Takeaki Abe | Masatoki Tsuda |
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa | Muneharu Shimizu / Shimizu Muneharu |
Tadanobu Asano | Kanbei Kuroda / Kuroda Kanbei |
Ken'ichi Endô | Murashige Araki / Araki Murashige |
Dario Imaz | Spanish missionary |
Ryo Kase | Nobunaga Oda / Oda Nobunaga |
Masanobu Katsumura | Toshimitsu Saito / Saito Toshimitsu |
Yûichi Kimura | Shinzaemon Sorori / Sorori Shinzaemon |
Kenta Kiritani | Hanzo Hattori / Hattori Hanzo |
Ittoku Kishibe | Sen no Rikyu |
Takeshi Kitano | Hideyoshi Hashiba / Hashiba Hideyoshi |
Kaoru Kobayashi | Ieyasu Tokugawa / Tokugawa Ieyasu |
Naomasa Musaka | Ekei Ankokuji / Ankokuji Ekei |
Shido Nakamura | Mosuke Naniwa / Naniwa Mosuke |
Hidetoshi Nishijima | Mitsuhide Akechi / Akechi Mitsuhide |
Takashi Nishina | |
Kan'ichirô Satô | Ranmaru Mori |
Jun Soejima | Yasusuke / Yasuke |
Susumu Terajima | Hannya Sahee / Hanya no Sahei |
Kanji Tsuda | Tamezo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Takeshi Kitano | Producer |