The 21st episode of the NHK Taiga drama "BROTHERS IN ARMS （Toyotomi Brothers!）" (NHK General, Sundays at 8 PM, etc.), starring actor Taiga Nakano, aired on May 31st. In this episode, Nakano's character, Koichiro, is entrusted with the attack on Takeda Castle in Tajima, and his first battle as commander-in-chief was depicted.
In episode 21, Hideyoshi (Sosuke Ikematsu) and Koichiro (Nakano) take over the conquest of Harima, which is caught between the Oda and Mori clans, in place of Araki Murashige (Tortoise Matsumoto).
It seemed like a difficult mission, but through Murashige's mediation, Kodera Kanbei (played by Yuki Kura), the castle lord of Himeji, was met and, with remarkable skill, managed to win over the local lords of Harima to the Oda side. Following Hanbei's (played by Masaki Suda) plan, Hideyoshi decided to advance his troops further west, heading towards western Harima.
Meanwhile, Koichiro, who has been put in charge of the attack on Takeda Castle in Tajima and is facing battle as commander-in-chief for the first time, wants to end this battle without shedding a single drop of blood, so he devises a plan to cut off the enemy's water supply and force them to surrender.
This strategy works, and Koichiro comes within a hair's breadth of achieving a "bloodless surrender," but when the lord of Takeda Castle, Otagaki Terunobu (played by Nakano Hideo), utters abusive remarks that disregard the lives of his retainers, Koichiro becomes enraged and punches Terunobu with all his might in the face. At this point, Terunobu starts bleeding from his nose, resulting in a "nearly bloodless surrender."
The actor playing Terunobu Nakano is Nakano's father, and the father-son collaboration came about as a surprise without any prior announcement.
On social media, comments such as "Father and son appearing together! So exciting!", "A real father-son showdown!", "Father and son face off, a direct confrontation has arrived!", "He's really a father!", "Oh no, seeing father and son together is making me cry...", "He actually hit him lol", and "He hit him! His son has never even hit him!" were posted, exciting viewers.
