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The Legend and Butterfly (レジェンド&バタフライ) is a 2023 Japanese film directed by Keishi Ōtomo and written by Ryōta Kosawa. It stars Takuya Kimura and Haruka Ayase as Oda Nobunaga and his wife Nōhime and is based on their relationship. Released on January 27, 2023, it is the 70th anniversary film of Toei Company.

Synopsis
Oda Nobunaga and Nōhime meet through a political marriage and are at odds with each other, but eventually form a strong bond and move towards their goal of unifying the country.

Main

 * Takuya Kimura as Oda Nobunaga
 * Haruka Ayase as Nōhime
 * Hideaki Itō as Sadaie Fukuzumi
 * Miki Nakatani as Kagamino
 * Kin'ya Kitaōji as Saitō Dōsan
 * Hio Miyazawa as Akechi Mitsuhide
 * Somegorō Ichikawa VIII as Mori Ranmaru
 * Takuma Otō as Tōkichirō Kinoshita / Toyotomi Hideyoshi
 * Takumi Saitoh as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Supporting

 * Shūichirō Masuda as Takigawa Kazumasu
 * Jun Matsumoto as Niwa Nagahide
 * Mansaku Ikeuchi as Katsuie Shibata
 * Daisuke Honda as Hayashi Hidesada
 * Manabu Hamada as Sakuma Nobumori
 * Kozo Takeda as Mori Yoshinari
 * Masato Wada as Maeda Inuchiyo / Maeda Toshiie
 * Tsutomu Takahashi as Ikeda Katsusaburō / Ikeda Tsuneoki
 * Reini as Kyōsuke Hasegawa
 * Takamitsu Nonaka as Hachiya Yoritaka
 * Kokoro Morita as Sumi
 * Hirotarō Honda as Oda Nobuhide
 * Ai Mikami as Kitsuno
 * Toshinori Omi as Hirate Masahide

Production
The 70th anniversary film of Toei Company, The Legend and Butterfly had a budget of ¥2billion. It was filmed from September 29, 2021, to January 16, 2022.

Release
The Legend and Butterfly was released on January 27, 2023. It grossed ¥24.7billion.