<figure id="attachment_274422" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1757px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-274422"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="bf6e7d4f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/11/ace723c6801986837ec75471d60f0951.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-274422" class="wp-caption-text">The crowd cheered Kimura&#8217;s every move as he looked along the road and raised his fan and arms. This is the third time he plays Nobunaga, including commercials.</figcaption></figure>
On November 6, Takuya Kimura (49), who plays Nobunaga Oda in &#8220;Legend and Butterfly,&#8221; a movie to be released next year, appeared with Hideaki Ito (47) in the Gifu Nobunaga Festival cavalcade.
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 As soon as Gifu City found out that Kimura was coming, the whole city was in an uproar. The city had prepared a viewing area for 15,000 people, and 966,555 people applied. The city prepared a viewing area for 15,000 people, and 460,000 people applied. On the day of the event, 460,000 people came to watch.
The west side of the road was supposed to be completely blocked off to allow Kimura to pass through, but the number of visitors exceeded expectations, and the road was opened without any restrictions. A spectator in the east side viewing area shouted angrily, &#8220;They are not supposed to let people in there, it&#8217;s not fair,&#8221; and stormed up to the officials. The audience applauded, saying, &#8220;Well said!&#8221;
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 I am so angry because I think that the people who went into the off-lot area on that day got better photos than those of us who won the lottery. I&#8217;m going to protest to the city,&#8221; said a woman from Osaka who photographed from the viewing area.
People who want to take pictures of him start fighting each other. The gravitational pull of &#8220;Kim Tak&#8221; is tremendous. Columnist Takahiko Kageyama commented, &#8220;There is neither praise nor criticism of him.
 There is both praise and criticism of him, but in the end, he is a special presence that everyone is interested in. Like superstars such as Ken Takakura, Yujiro Ishihara, and Shigeo Nagashima, he has entered a stage where his ability and charm must be recognized, transcending personal likes and dislikes.
Nobunaga Oda died at the age of 48. Kimura will turn 50 on the 13th of this month, and will continue to climb the ladder to legendary status.
<figure id="attachment_274449" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-274449"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2334a275"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/11/82e4b29289704c796bbd81d7ff1cbc19-1.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-274449" class="wp-caption-text">&#8220;Nobunaga Kimura&#8221; appeared on the Yanagigase shopping street in Gifu a little after 1:00 p.m. The economic impact of the festival is estimated at 3.9 billion yen.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_274421" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1700px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-274421"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6cc077a2"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/11/c2d49eb550495bc22e15cea41a10f155.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-274421" class="wp-caption-text">Ito, a native of Gifu Prefecture, plays the role of Fukutomi Heitaro Sadaye in the movie. In 2009, he played the role of Nobunaga himself at the festival.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_274603" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 5568px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-274603"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b8862ba7"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/11/D5H_2693.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-274603" class="wp-caption-text">Audience members said, &#8220;Takuya! Mr. Kimutaku!&#8221; and &#8220;Mr. Kimutaku!&#8221;</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_274604" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2784px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-274604"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="8cc34770"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/11/SEN_2785-rotated.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-274604" class="wp-caption-text">The horse is the same as the one used for the filming of the movie.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_274605" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2784px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-274605"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="8a3a1b70"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/11/SEN_2704-rotated.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-274605" class="wp-caption-text">Kimura&#8217;s participation in the festival was suggested by Ito, who is from Gifu Prefecture.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_274608" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2784px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-274608"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="3e5cc478"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/11/SEN_2591-rotated.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-274608" class="wp-caption-text">Kinkabashi Street, where the cavalry procession took place.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_274607" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 5568px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-274607"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="17ff0970"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/11/D5H_2856.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-274607" class="wp-caption-text">Spectators in the viewing area heading home after the Kishibusha parade.</figcaption></figure>
From the November 25, 2022 issue of FRIDAY

 Masahiro Kawayanagi, Junpei Kota

 Takuya Kimura, who plays Nobunaga in next year's movie, appeared in the cavalry parade of warriors at the "Gifu Nobunaga Festival. The whole of Gifu was in an uproar at this event, and some people, eager to see him, shouted angrily and crowded the staff... What was the origin of the trouble?

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