The main character Samanosuke AKECHI was played by Somegoro ICHIKAWA, the eldest son of Koshiro MATSUMOTO IX who starred in the previous episode "Nobunaga's Coffin".
前作『信長の棺』で主演を務めた松本幸四郎_(9代目)の長男の市川染五郎が主人公・明智左馬助を演じている。