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In the year 2020, when Covid-19 is rapidly spreading around the world, chaos ensues and people's daily lives are completely upended. A virus outbreak suddenly occurs at the prime minister's office in Japan. This leads to the prime minister's sudden death. The Japanese government then puts in place an unprecedented plan, which is to bring back the greatest leaders from Japan's past through AI holograms and form a super cabinet with them. These famous individuals include Ieyasu Tokugawa, Ryoma Sakamoto, Nobunaga Oda, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi. People are stunned and at the same time go crazy over the endless execution of policies by this new legendary cabinet. Risa Nishimura wants to become an announcer and currently works as a TV reporter for a broadcasting station. She approaches a government spokesperson, Ryoma Sakamoto, for an exclusive scoop. Due to an unexpected case, she realizes that something is going on behind this cabinet.
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In the year 2020, when Covid-19 is rapidly spreading around the world, chaos ensues and people's daily lives are completely upended. A virus outbreak suddenly occurs at the prime minister's office in Japan. This leads to the prime minister's sudden death. The Japanese government then puts in place an unprecedented plan, which is to bring back the greatest leaders from Japan's past through AI holograms and form a super cabinet with them. These famous individuals include Ieyasu Tokugawa, Ryoma Sakamoto, Nobunaga Oda, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi. People are stunned and at the same time go crazy over the endless execution of policies by this new legendary cabinet. Risa Nishimura wants to become an announcer and currently works as a TV reporter for a broadcasting station. She approaches a government spokesperson, Ryoma Sakamoto, for an exclusive scoop. Due to an unexpected case, she realizes that something is going on behind this cabinet.
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Genre:Drama, Fantasy
Written By:Yuichi Tokunaga
In Theaters:
Box Office:$6,760,259
Runtime:110 minutes
Studio:TOHO Studios, TOHO, Sunmark Publishing, Tristone Entertainment, Lawson, Akita Shoten, Quaras, Nippon Broadcasting System
Cast
Hideki Takeuchi
Director
Minami Hamabe
Risa Nishimura
Eiji Akaso
Ryoma Sakamoto
GACKT
Nobunaga Oda
Masahiro Takashima
Yoshimune Tokugawa
Noriko Eguchi
Masako Hojo
Tetsuhiro Ikeda
Tsunayoshi Tokugawa
Shinya Kote
Yoshimitsu Ashikaga
Mijika Nagai
Shotoku Prince
Arisa Mizuki
Shikibu Murasaki
Naoto Takenaka
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Mansai Nomura
Ieyasu Tokugawa
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