is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th
NHK
, also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee.
NHK ope ...
taiga drama
is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white ''Hana no Shōgai'', starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regul ...
. The series respectively stars
Masahiko Tsugawa
, born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director.
Career
Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at 16 in t ...
,
Toshiyuki Nishida, and
Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three
Tokugawa shōguns. It aired from January 9 to December 17, 2000, and ran for a total of 49 episodes.
''Aoi'' is the first taiga drama to be fully filmed in
high definition.
Plot
The story begins with the
battle of Sekigahara
The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, ...
.
Cast
Tokugawa Shoguns
*
Masahiko Tsugawa
, born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director.
Career
Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at 16 in t ...
as
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...
- the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate
*
Toshiyuki Nishida as
Tokugawa Hidetada - the second shogun
*Onoe Tatsunosuke II as
Tokugawa Iemitsu
was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who acted as his political adviser and was at the ...
- the third shogun
**
Takayuki Yamada as young Iemitsu
Tokugawa clan
*
Shima Iwashita as
Ogō - wife of Hidetada
*
Isuzu Yamada as
Odai no Kata - mother of Ieyasu
*
Kyōko Mitsubayashi as
Acha no Tsubone
*Minako Osanai as Oman no Kata
*
Michiko Godai as
Lady Chaa
*
Kirin Kiki as
Lady Kasuga
*
Miki Sakai as
Tokugawa Masako
*
Yoko Moriguchi as
Okaji no Kata
*
Nanako Ōkōchi as
Senhime
**
Marika Matsumoto
is a Japanese actress. From 2001 and 2003, she was known as "Mini Stop-chan", acting as the mascot for the Ministop convenience store chain commercials in Japan. She is the owner of a unique voice and has held a recital with upcoming star Satos ...
as young Senhime
*
Fujita Okamoto as
Yūki Hideyasu
*Hiroyuki Sakamoto as
Matsudaira Tadateru
*Lie Katō as
Irohahime
*
Hayato Ōshiba as
Tokugawa Yorifusa
*
Manabu Hamada as
Hoshina Masayuki
*
Asumi Nakada as Haruhime
*
Yukie Nakama as Oraku
*Gen Hongō as
Tokugawa Yorinobu
*Yūtarō Yamamoto as
Nagatomimaru
*Hideyuki Akabane as
Tokugawa Yoshinao
**
Ryūnosuke Kamiki as Gorōtamaru (young Yoshinao)
*
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Ichihime
Fudai daimyo
*
Shigeru Kōyama as
Honda Masanobu
*
Ikkei Watanabe as
Honda Masazumi - the eldest son of Masanobu
*
Joe Shishido as
Honda Tadakatsu - one of the
Shitennō
*
Hiroshi Katsuno as
Ii Naomasa - one of the Shitennō
*
Kōji Shimizu as
Sakakibara Yasumasa - one of the Shitennō
*
Taro Ishida as
Ōkubo Tadachika
*
Takashi Sasano as
Torii Mototada
*
Ryūzō Hayashi as
Doi Toshikatsu
*
Mizuho Suzuki as
Itakura Katsushige
*
Masaki Terasoma
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is affiliated with Mausu Promotion.
Biography
After graduating from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, Terasoma joined Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1984, he made his film debut in '' W's Tragedy''. ...
as
Itakura Shigemasa
*
Hiroshi Iwasaki as
Sakai Tadayo
*
Katsumi Chō as Naitō Kiyonari
*
Saburo Ishikura as
Aoyama Tadatoshi
Toyotomi
*
Onoe Kikunosuke V as
Toyotomi Hideyori
*
Mayumi Ogawa as
Yodo-dono
or (1569 – June 4, 1615), also known as Lady Chacha (茶々), was a Japanese historical figure in the late Sengoku period. She was the concubine and the second wife of Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As the mother of his son and successor ...
- the second wife of Hideyoshi
**
Mei Kurokawa as Cha-cha (young Yodo, flashback)
*
Mitsuko Kusabue as
Kōdai-in - the first wife of Hideyoshi
*
Mayuko Fukuda as Yuihime - the daughter of Hideyori
*
Nenji Kobayashi as
Katagiri Katsumoto
*
Naoki Hosaka as
Ōno Harunaga
*Shingo Hiramatsu as
Oda Uraku
*
Teruhiko Saigō as
Sanada Yukimura
*Hiroshi Hatanaka as
Kimura Shigenari
*
Takayuki Sugō
is a Japanese actor and voice actor.
Filmography
Anime series
*'' Yu Yu Hakusho'' (1994) – Raizen
*'' Lupin the 3rd: The Secret of Twilight Gemini'' (1996) – Jean Piere
*'' Master Keaton'' (1998) – Leon Papas
*'' Case Closed'' (????) � ...
as
Konishi Yukinaga
*
Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Nakamura Kazu'uji
Council of Five Elders
*
Kazuo Kitamura as
Maeda Toshiie
*
Ken Utsui as
Mōri Terumoto
*
Teruyuki Kagawa 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 a ...
*
Tsunehiko Kamijō as
Uesugi Kagekatsu
Go-Bugyō
*
Tōru Emori as
Ishida Mitsunari
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 Azuchi–Momoyama period of the 16th century. He ...
*Shinichiro Mikami as
Asano Nagamasa
*
Kei Satō as
Mashita Nagamori
*
Toshio Kurosawa as
Natsuka Masaie
*Hiroshi Kamiyama as
Maeda Gen'i
Ishida family
*
Masane Tsukayama as Ishida Masazumi
*
Taketoshi Naito as
Ishida Masatsugu
was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku period who served the Azai clan and held Ishida castle in Omi province. He was the son of Ishida Seishin. He was the father of Ishida Mitsunari. After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, he and his other ...
*
Keiko Takahashi as Orin - wife of Mitsunari
*
Isao Natsuyagi as
Shima Sakon
Eastern Army
*
Ryō Tamura as
Tōdō Takatora
*
Shinji Yamashita as
Kuroda Nagamasa
*
Shunsuke Kariya as
Katō Kiyomasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Azuchi–Momoyama period, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. His court title was . His name as a child was ''Yashamaru'', and first name was ''Toranosuke''. He was one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hideyoshi's Seven ...
*
Keizō Kanie as
Fukushima Masanori
*Satoru Saitō as
Yamauchi Kazutoyo
*
Kei Suma as
Date Masamune
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he w ...
*
Hatsunori Hasegawa as
Maeda Toshinaga
*
Tsutomu Isobe as
Ikeda Terumasa
*
Hideaki Tezuka as Tsuda Shigemoto
*
Hiroyuki Watanabe as
Asano Yoshinaga
*
Shirō Saitō as Tanaka Yoshimasa
*Taishi Horikoshi as
Sanada Nobuyuki
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was the son of ''daimyō'' Sanada Masayuki and the older brother of Sanada Yukimura.
Early life
He was the first son of Sanada Masayuki and his wife, Kansho-in. His younger brother was Sanada Yu ...
*Naoki Takemura as
Miyamoto Musashi
, was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels. Miyamoto is considered a ''Kensei (honorary title), kensei'' (swo ...
Western Army
*
Toshiyuki Hosokawa as
Ōtani Yoshitsugu
*
Akaji Maro as
Shimazu Yoshihiro
*
Yūichirō Yamaguchi as
Shimazu Toyohisa
*
Kazuma Suzuki as
Kobayakawa Hideaki
*
Ichirō Zaitsu as
Ankokuji Ekei
*
Osami Nabe as
Kikkawa Hiroie
*
Shinya Ōwada as
Tachibana Muneshige
Kyōgoku
*
Akira Onodera as
Kyōgoku Takatsugu
was a ''daimyō'' (military feudal lord) of Ōmi Province and Wakasa Province during the late Sengoku period of History of Japan, Japan's history.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Edmond. (2003)''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 27–28./ref>
Biography
His chi ...
*
Kuriko Namino as
Jōkō-in
Hosokawa
*
Isao Sasaki as
Hosokawa Tadaoki
*
Kyōka Suzuki as
Hosokawa Gracia
*
Shun Oguri as
Hosokawa Tadatoshi
Imperial House
*
Hiroyuki Kinoshita as
Emperor Go-Yōzei
*Yasumasa Ōba as
Emperor Go-Mizunoo
*
Minori Terada as
Nijō Akizane
*
Junpei Morita as Sanjōnishi Sane'eda
*
Noriko Ogawa as Sadako
**
Aki Maeda as young Sadako
*
Norihiro Inoue as
Kajūji Mitsutoyo
*
Kazutoyo Yoshimi as Karasumaru Mitsuhiro
Others
*
Nakamura Baijaku II as
Tokugawa Mitsukuni, a.k.a. Mito Kōmon
*Kazuyo Asari as Sassa Sukesaburō, a.k.a. Suke-san
*
Machiko Washio as Asaka Tanpaku, a.k.a. Kaku-san
*Terence O'Brien as
William Adams, a.k.a. Miura Anjin
*Tim Knowles as
Richard Cocks
*
Yatsuko Tan'ami as Kenshō-in,
Takeda Shingen
was daimyō, daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a p ...
's daughter
*Natsuko Migiwa as
Maeda Matsu
*Mikio Shimizu as
Oda Nobukatsu
*Noriko Shōji as a reporter (herself)
*
San'yūtei Rakutarō
*Ryunosuke Kaneda as
Tenkai
*Hiroshi Ōkōchi as
Konchiin Sūden
Staff
*Music :
Taro Iwashiro
*Historical research : Shinzaburō Ōishi
*Architectural research : Kiyoshi Hirai
*Clothing research : Kiyoko Koizumi
*Sword fight arranger :
Kunishirō Hayashi
TV schedule
References
External links
NHK website
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Taiga drama
2000 Japanese television series debuts
2000 Japanese television series endings
Cultural depictions of Date Masamune
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Iemitsu
Television shows written by James Miki
Television series set in the 16th century
Television series set in the 17th century