"Takeda Shingen (played by Tatsuya Nakadai), the leader of the Three Heroes of Japan's Warring States Period, is known as the "Tiger of Kai". His creed is "as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, and as motionless as the mountain." When Takeda Shingen surrounded the Tokugawa army's Noda Castle and was about to take Kyoto directly to complete his hegemony, he was hit by an enemy sniper rifle and was seriously injured and on the verge of death..."