# Nobunaga Concerto (2014)

> A high school athlete time travels to 1549 Japan and must impersonate the frail warlord Nobunaga Oda to help unify the country.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/57620

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 11
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, drama, science fiction
- Created by: Hiroaki Matsuyama
- Network: Fuji TV
- Cast: Shun Oguri, Ko Shibasaki, Osamu Mukai, Takayuki Yamada, Masahiro Takashima, Taisuke Fujigaya, Kaho, Kiko Mizuhara
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3721064/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: breezy, playful, whimsical, sincere

## What critics say

Reviewers generally found the series a breezy, good-humored take on time-travel history, with its lead performance and comic energy carrying a premise that stays light rather than deep.

## Synopsis

Nobunaga Concerto (2014) is a Japanese historical comedy-drama series created by Hiroaki Matsuyama and broadcast on Fuji TV. Across a single eleven-episode season, a high school student named Saburo (Shun Oguri) finds himself transported back to the Sengoku period of 1549, where he meets Nobunaga Oda, a physically frail warlord's son who looks and sounds exactly like him. Nobunaga begs Saburo to take his place, and the series builds its engine from that swap: Saburo must navigate court intrigue, rival lords and the watchful Kicho (Ko Shibasaki) while secretly steering the Owari province toward the larger ambition of unifying Japan. Each episode mixes lighthearted fish out of water humor, as a modern teenager wrestles with feudal etiquette and battlefield politics, with sharper dramatic beats about loyalty and survival. The tone stays breezy and playful while keeping an undercurrent of ambition and danger. Set in a richly rendered sengoku-era Japan, the show sits within the tradition of Japanese time travel drama and will appeal to viewers who enjoy history reimagined with humor. Fans of Quantum Leap and Ryoma Den will find resonance in its blend of historical spectacle and comic reinvention.

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