Awaiting Kirin

*Awaiting Kirin*
Awaiting Kirin
	Promotional poster
	Kirin ga Kuru
Written by	Shunsaku Ikehata; Yōichi Maekawa
Directed by	Taku Ōhara and others
Starring	Hiroki Hasegawa; Shōta Sometani; Mugi Kadowaki; Takashi Okamura; Fumino Kimura; Masahiko Nishimura; Sayuri Ishikawa; Osamu Mukai; Haruna Kawaguchi; Hideaki Itō; Shunsuke Kazama; Yūsuke Santamaria; Kenichi Takitō; Machiko Ono; Kuranosuke Sasaki; Tsurutaro Kataoka; Kōtarō Yoshida; Takanori Jinnai; Katsunori Takahashi; Masaaki Sakai; Masahiro Motoki;
Narrated by	Ichikawa Ebizō XI
Theme music composer	John R. Graham
Opening theme	"Warrior Past" by the NHK Symphony Orchestra
Composer	John R. Graham
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	44
Production
Producers	Masaru Ochiai (chief); Hideki Fujinami; Ryōhei Nakano
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 19, 2020 –; February 7, 2021

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, premiering on January 19, 2020. It is the first regular taiga drama to be fully shot in 4K resolution, as well as the first taiga drama to be composed by a non-Japanese (John R. Graham).

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