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is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast on NHK in 1985–1986. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Sanada Taiheiki. The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the late
Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
. The complete DVD box is available.


Plot

In 1582, Oda and Tokugawa allied forces started an invasion of Takeda`s Kai Province. so
Takeda clan The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture. The clan reached its greatest influence under the rule of Taked ...
was in danger of extinction. Sanada Masayuki advised
Takeda Katsuyori was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was son in law of Hojo Ujiyasu. Early life He was the son of Shingen by the daughter ...
to abandon Kai Province and flee towards Masayuki`s Iwabitsu Castle. Katsuyori accepted his suggestion once but he changed his mind and tried to flee towards Oyamada Nobushige`s Iwadono Castle but was betrayed by Oyamada Nobushige and killed himself at Tenmokuzan. Lost the lord, the
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seeks the way to survive.


Production

*Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi


Cast


Sanada Clan

*Tsunehiko Watase as Sanada Nobuyuki *Masao Kusakari as Sanada Nobushige, Sanada Nobushige (Yukimura) *Tetsuro Tamba as Sanada Masayuki * Takaaki Enoki as Higuchi Kakubei * Isao Natsuyagi as Tsubuya Matagorō * Haruka Kurara as Oko *
Yoshi Katō was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 175 films between 1949 and 1988. He won the award for Best Actor at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in '' Hometown''. He married the actress Isuzu Yamada in 1950, but ...
as Yazawa Yoritsuna *
Akiko Koyama is a Japanese actress. She made her screen debut in 1955 and appeared in nearly 90 films. In 1960 Akiko Koyama married film director Nagisa Oshima, and appeared in some of his films. Selected filmography * '' Night and Fog in Japan'' (1960) * ...
as Yamanote Dono *Ryo Kinomoto as Mukai Saheiji * Misako Konno as
Komatsuhime (1573 – March 27, 1620) was a female warrior ('' onna-musha'') during late-Sengoku period and early Edo period . Born the daughter of Honda Tadakatsu, she was adopted by Tokugawa Ieyasu, before marrying Sanada Nobuyuki. She is described a ...
*Kumi Nakamura as
Chikurin-in (1579/80 – June 27, 1649) was a Japanese noble lady of the late Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo period. She was Ōtani Yoshitsugu's daughter, then she was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before marrying Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige). She is des ...
*Kataoka Takatarō as Sanada Daisuke


Uesugi Clan

*Takao Itō as Uesugi Kagekatsu *Makoto Shimotsuka as Naoe Kanetsugu


Tokugawa Clan

*Nakamura Umenosuke IV as
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fello ...
*
Nakamura Baijaku II , better known as , is a Japanese actor, bassist, and composer. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Ogikubo High School and later graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. Nakamura also has relatives who are kabuki actors. *Great-gra ...
as
Tokugawa Hidetada was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate. Early life (1579–1593) Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
* Takeshi Katō as Honda Tadakatsu *
Junpei Morita is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Mausu Promotion. Some of his major roles include Ryuzo in '' Cybuster'', Dr. White in ''Black Jack 21'', Nagato in '' Naruto: Shippuden'', and BUER in '' Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Ur ...
as
Honda Tadamasa was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kuwana Domain and then the Himeji Domain. He was the son of Honda Tadakatsu. Tadamasa's first battle was during the Siege of Odawara, in 1590; he also fought at the Battle of S ...
*Akio Tanaka as Honda Masanobu *
Kantarō Suga was a leading Japanese actor. His film credits span three decades, from 1960 to 1990.
(Suga Kantarō) at Ii Naomasa * Rokko Toura as Ninja Nakayama Nagatoshi * Kyosuke Machida as Ninja Ban Naganobu


Toyotomi Clan

* Hiroyuki Nagato as
Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
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Hiroshi Tsuburaya was a Japanese actor. The grandchild of Eiji Tsuburaya, who was also the first creator of the Ultraman Series, and the third son of Hajime Tsuburaya who became the second creator of the Ultraman Series after Eiji Tsuburaya's death on January ...
as
Toyotomi Hideyori was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. His mother, Yodo-dono, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga. Early life Born in 1593, he was Hideyoshi's second son. The birth of Hideyori cr ...
*
Masami Horiuchi is a Japanese actor. Filmography Television *''Shiroi Kyotō'' (1978) – Taniyama *''Tokugawa Ieyasu'' (1983) – Kobayakawa Hideaki *''Byakkotai'' (1986) – Sanjō Sanetomi *''Kamen Rider Drive'' (2014) – Freeze/Soichi Makage *''Gunshi Ka ...
as Toyotomi Hidetsugu * Keiko Tsushima as Kōdai-in *
Mariko Okada is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida. Biography Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor T ...
as Yodo-dono *
Youki Kudoh is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for ''The Crazy Family''. She also won the awards for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award and at the 1992 Blue Ribbon Award for ''Wa ...
as Senhime *Kōji Shimizu as
Ishida Mitsunari Ishida Mitsunari (, 1559 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the ...
*Makoto Yuasa as
Shima Sakon , also known as Shima Tomoyuki and Shima Katsutake, was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku period. His nickname was (Shima the right hand). Sakon eventually left the service of the Hatakeyama clan, Tsutsui Junkei, Toyotomi Hidenaga and eve ...
* Toshiyuki Hosokawa as
Ōno Harunaga was a general under Toyotomi Hideyori, and fought in the Siege of Osaka in 1615. He became lord of Osaka castle after the Battle of Sekigahara. Ono led forces against those of Wakayama Castle in the Battle of Kashii, also the Battle of Shigin ...
*Kōichi Yamamoto as
Katagiri Katsumoto was a Japanese warlord (''daimyō'') of Ibaraki, in the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. In his youth was famed as one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, during the Battle of Shizugatake in May 1583. Biography Katsumoto hai ...
*
Toshio Takahara was a Japanese actor. Notable film appearances were ''Seven Samurai'' and ''Twenty-Four Eyes''. He is also known for his role as Commander Gonpachi Edogawa in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger''. He started his acting ca ...
as Nagai *Yōsuke Kondō as
Gotō Mototsugu , also well known as , was a ''samurai'' of the late Sengoku through early Edo periods. He served Kuroda Yoshitaka but retired from the Kuroda clan after Kuroda Yoshitaku had died. Finally, he served Toyotomi Hideyori and Yodo-dono and was kil ...
*
Hiroshi Miyauchi is a Japanese actor and singer from Chiba Prefecture. Miyauchi graduated from Nihon University. In 1969, he signed with Toei Company and made his film debut with ''Nagasaki Blues''. He first attracted attention after landing a role in a televisi ...
as Mōri Katsunaga *Koreharu Hisatomi as
Chōsokabe Morichika was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Once the ruler of Tosa Province, his fief was revoked by Tokugawa Ieyasu after the Battle of Sekigahara. His childhood name was Sen'yumaru (千熊丸). Biography ...


Takeda Clan

*Akiar Hiroshige
Takeda Katsuyori was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was son in law of Hojo Ujiyasu. Early life He was the son of Shingen by the daughter ...
*Yūsuke Tozawa as Oyamada Nobushige


Later Hōjō clan

*Shōzō Fukuyama as Hōjō Ujimasa *Jinya Satō as
Hōjō Ujinao Hōjō Ujinao (北条 氏直: 1562 – December 19, 1591) was a Japanese '' daimyō'' of the late Sengoku period, and the final head of the Later Hōjō clan. An important figure in the history of Azuchi-Momoyama politics, he lost his entir ...


Maeda Clan

*
Shinsuke Mikimoto was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades.His real name is Syuichi Suzuki.The Suzuki family on his father's side is a family that served a ...
as Maeda Toshiie *Hiroko Kōda as Maeda Matsu *Hisayuki Nakajima as Maeda Toshinaga


The Eastern Army

* Raita Ryu as Katō Kiyomasa * Nobuyuki Katsube as Fukushima Masanori * Hirotarō Honda as
Asano Yoshinaga was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. His father served as one of the '' Go-Bugyō'' in the late Azuchi–Momoyama period. Asano Yoshinaga was born at Odani, in the Asai district of Ōmi Province, in ...


The Western Army

*
Kunio Murai is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is famous for Japanese dubbing roles for Harrison Ford (Especially for Indiana Jones). Filmography Films * ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'' (1972) (Takashi Shima) * ''Japan Sinks'' (1973) (Kataoka) * ''The Battle ...
as
Ōtani Yoshitsugu was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was also known by his court title, . He was born in 1558 to a father who was said to be a retainer of either Ōtomo Sōrin or Rokkaku Yoshikata. He became one ...
*Akira Ishihama as
Ukita Hideie was the ''daimyō'' of Bizen and Mimasaka Provinces (modern Okayama Prefecture), and one of the council of Five Elders appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Son of Ukita Naoie, he married Gōhime, a daughter of Maeda Toshiie. Having fought ag ...
*Takahide Tashiro as
Kobayakawa Hideaki (1577 – December 1, 1602) was the fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was gained the rank of ''Saemon no Kami'' (左衛門督) or in China ''Shikkingo'' (執金吾) at genpuku and held the court title ...
* Shōji Nakayama as Mōri Terumoto


Others

* Keiko Takeshita as Ono no Otsu *
Chiyonosuke Azuma was a Japanese actor and dancer. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1954 to 1993. Career Born in Tokyo, Azuma attended the Tokyo University of the Arts, while studying Japanese dance under Bandō Mitsugorō VIII. He joined the Toei studio ...
as Yagyū Munetoshi


References


External links


Sanada Taiheiki - NHK) NHK　Archives
{{Taiga drama NHK television dramas 1985 Japanese television series debuts Jidaigeki television series 1980s drama television series Television shows based on Japanese novels Cultural depictions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu Cultural depictions of Sanada clan Television series set in the 16th century Television series set in the 17th century