Fūrin Kazan (2007)
- Original title
- 風林火山
- Directed by
- Shimizu Kazuhiko
- Cast
- Kitaoji Kinya, Yamamoto Kansuke, Matsuoka Masahiro, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin
- Genre
- drama television series
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 2 seasons, 50 episodes
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The series follows the life of a military strategist serving the Takeda clan during Japan's Sengoku period. It focuses on his rise and his role in the clan's campaigns and political struggles.
slow-burnhistoricalintrospectivedramaticstatelythoughtfulintenseepic
What happens
Fūrin Kazan (風林火山) is the 46th NHK Taiga drama television series that began on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout 2007, with the last episode aired December 16, 2007. Its official English title is The Trusted Confidant. The story, to a large extent, was an adaptation of Yasushi Inoue's 1959 historical novel of the same title (published in English under the title The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan). The four characters of the title, from left to right are wind, woods, fire, and mountain. The title is a reference to the war banner used by Takeda Shingen, which in turn was taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War. It means "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.