HONNO-JI INCIDENT: The Story Behind Kitano Takeshi’s Film “KUBI”

This is the story of the Honno-ji Incident, the basis for the new Kitano Takeshi film “Kubi.” It’s the Sengoku period in Japan, the era of warring states. Ruthless daimyo warlord Oda Nobunaga is the most powerful man in Japan, ruling a third of the country. And Hideyoshi is one of his most trusted commanders. When another Oda commander, Akechi Mitsuhide, turns against Nobunaga and forces him to commit suicide at Honno-ji Temple in Kyoto, the stage is set for a battle between Hideyoshi’s army and Akechi’s forces for control of the Oda domain and the future of Japan.

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[saidtoshimaru]

The most amazing thing about the Honno-ji incident it's that it's one of those event in history in which the destiny of a nation was determined by a few decisions and fortunate events. If Hideyoshi hadn't intercepted the message sent by Mitsuhide to the Mori clan, learning about the betrayal before than any other of Odas generals, things could have been all to different.

[MisterKisk]

Love all your videos. Hoping to see more Japanese history ones. Lots of bullshido on YouTube, your Imjin War videos are a breath of fresh air from it all.

[dennyghim]

I liked your Imjin war videos. Now this. Great!

[lovelyoldmusic]

awesome video, thank you! i hope you get more viewers as promotion for this film ramps up :) subscribed!

[yingyangyolo]

just watched the movie. You saved my night fam

[jeffreysams]

By the way, a few years ago, NHK had a bunch of historians talk about Honnoji and Akechi`s motivations their conclusions (though there were some disagreements)
1. The Hatano brothers story is BS
2. Nobunaga`s abuse of Akechi was not a major factor. Nobunaga abused all his generals.
3. A potential factor/catalyst was the 1580 reordering of his generals with Sakuma Nobumori and Hayashi Hidesada banished/kicked out of power. AKechi could worry that would happen in the future.
4. Akechi not liking the system where Nobunaga`s generals were effectively castle superindendants (and not owners). There are unconfirmed reports that Akechi was to move after the Mori were defeated.
5. And this one was a biggie and really unknown in the west... But just before Honnoji, the Oda were about to invade Shikoku with 20, 000 troops. The Oda had the choice of supporting either the Miyoshi or Chosokabe. Hideyoshi was in charge of diplomacy with the Miyoshi, while Akechi in charge of Chosokabe... Well at the last minute Oda chose supporting the Miyoshi which made Akechi look bad.
6. While these are reasons for the revolt another factor was that he could bag both Nobunaga and Nobutada at the same time...

Agreed that Kubi looks like a lot of fun

[justiceforall]

I recently saw this movie on youtube. It was pretty strong stuff. He strips back all the pomp and leaves the rawness of the times. Good, but disturbing movie.

[Fallout-ex]

What happened to Nabunaga's black samurai?

[DionysianLovecraftian]

I wanna see this movie when I can get my hands on it.

[remoraexocet]

Hideyoshi was 45 years old at that time. Kitano is already 76 ....

[GunggusRama-zoly]

I think hideyoshi is behind the betrayal of akechi mitsuhide.. He destroyed akechi to erase all evidence of his involvement 😅😅

[GunggusRama-zoly]

Plot twist, all was orchestrated perfectly by hideyoshi, he killed akechi to erase evidence, since the fact that he want oda clan to bow to him resulting the battle between him vs oda Tokugawa proof that the scenario was clear..he want to take all for himself.. He also want to take Nobunagas sister as concubine but she died along with her husband shibata katsuie and he groomed her daughter to be married to him.. Pervert old monkey don't you think?