Awaiting Kirin

Awaiting Kirin
Promotional poster
Kirin ga Kuru
Written byShunsaku Ikehata
Yōichi Maekawa
Directed byTaku Ōhara and others
Starring
Narrated byIchikawa Ebizō XI
Theme music composerJohn R. Graham
Opening theme"Warrior Past" by the NHK Symphony Orchestra[1]
ComposerJohn R. Graham
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes44
Production
ProducersMasaru Ochiai (chief)[2]
Hideki Fujinami[2]
Ryōhei Nakano[2]
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 19, 2020 (2020-01-19) –
February 7, 2021 (2021-02-07)
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Awaiting Kirin (麒麟がくる, Kirin ga Kuru) is a 2020 Japanese historical drama television series starring Hiroki Hasegawa as Akechi Mitsuhide, a samurai and general during the Sengoku period. The series is the 59th NHK taiga drama,[3][4][5] premiering on January 19, 2020. It is the first regular taiga drama to be fully shot in 4K resolution,[Note 1] as well as the first taiga drama to be composed by a non-Japanese (John R. Graham).

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  2. ^ a b c "《2020年大河ドラマ》"美濃編" の出演者を発表!". NHK_PR (in Japanese). NHK. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. ^ "《2020年大河ドラマ》"美濃編" の出演者を発表!". NHK. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. ^ "大河「麒麟がくる」織田信長は染谷将太!門脇麦、沢尻エリカ、本木雅弘ら12名出演". Natalie. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. ^ "《2020年大河ドラマ》"戦国武将&戦国の華" 出演者発表". NHK. Retrieved 17 June 2019.


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