Hideyoshi (TV series) explained

Genre:	Taiga drama
Director:	Yoshiki Nishimura
Starring:	Naoto Takenaka Yasuko Sawaguchi Masanobu Takashima Hiroaki Murakami Takako Matsu Hidekazu Akai Tōru Watanabe Mayo Suzukaze Narimi Arimori Mitsuko Yorichika Naomi Hosokawa Atsushi Onita Yasunori Danta Masahiko Nishimura Saburō Shinoda Masatō Ibu Kōji Tamaki Akira Nakao Yōko Nogiwa Joe Shishido Masakane Yonekura Ichirō Zaitsu Ikkō Furuya Etsuko Ichihara Hiroyuki Sanada Tatsuya Nakadai Tetsuya Watari
Opentheme:	NHK Symphony Orchestra
Composer:	Reijirō Koroku
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Num Episodes:	49
Runtime:	45 minutes
Channel:	NHK

is a 1996 Japanese historical television series. It is the 35th NHK taiga drama television series.^[1]

Plot

The story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.^[2]

Production

Production Credits

• Original – Taichi Sakaiya
• Music – Reijirō Koroku
• Titling – Hisaya Morishige
• Narrator – Etsuko Ichihara, Ryuji Miyamoto
• Historical research – Tetsuo Owada
• Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi

Cast

Starring role

• Naoto Takenaka as Hideyoshi

Toyotomi clan

• Yasuko Sawaguchi as One - wife of Hideyoshi
• Etsuko Ichihara as Naka - mother of Hideyoshi
• Ichiro Zaitsu as Chikuami - stepfather of Hideyoshi
• Masanobu Takashima as Toyotomi Hidenaga - younger brother of Hideyoshi
• Naomi Hosokawa as Sato - younger sister of Hideyoshi
• Takako Matsu as Cha-cha - concubine of Hideyoshi
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Ishida Mitsunari
  • Shun Oguri as Sakichi (young Mitsunari)
• Atsushi Onita as Hachisuka Masakatsu
• Ikkō Furuya as Takenaka Hanbei
• Masatō Ibu as Kuroda Kanbei
• Yosuke Asari as young Ukita Hideie

Oda clan

• Tetsuya Watari as Oda Nobunaga
• Hiroaki Murakami as Akechi Mitsuhide
• Narimi Arimori as Tsumaki Hiroko - wife of Mitsuhide
• Yōko Nogiwa as Omaki no kata - mother of Mitsuhide
• Eriko Tamura as Akechi Tama
• Mitsuko Yorichika as Oichi - younger sister of Nobunaga
• Akira Nakao as Shibata Katsuie
• Yasunori Danta as Takigawa Kazumasu
• Saburō Shinoda as Niwa Nagahide
• Masahiro Matsuoka as Mori Ranmaru
• Hideo Takamatsu as Hayashi Sado no Kami
• Samy Pop as Yasuke
• Junkichi Orimoto as Sakuma Nobumori
• Tōru Watanabe as Maeda Toshiie
• Azusa Nakamura as Maeda Matsu

Tokugawa clan

• Masahiko Nishimura as Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Joe Shishido as Honda Masanobu
• Naoya Makoto as Ishikawa Kazumasa
• Ryū Manatsu as Sakai Tadatsugu
• Maki Ishikawa as Lady Tsukiyama
• Shin'ichirō Satō as Matsudaira Nobuyasu

Others

• Hidekazu Akai as Ishikawa Goemon - best friend of Hideyoshi
• Mayo Suzukaze as Otaki - wife of Goemon
• Tatsuya Nakadai as Sen no Rikyū - a tea master
• Kōji Tamaki as Ashikaga Yoshiaki - the 15th and last shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
• Aki Yashiro as Osen
• Osamu Saka as Satomura Joha
• Terry O'Brien as Luís Fróis
• Masakane Yonekura as Imagawa Yoshimoto
• Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Saitō Dōsan
• Kiyoshi Nakajō as Ankokuji Ekei

TV schedule

Episode	Original airdate	Title	Directed by	Rating
1			Mikio Satō	26.6%
2				29.2%
3			Rintarō Mayuzumi	33.5%
4				33.1%
5			Mikio Satō	34.6%
6			Takeshi Shibata	35.0%
7			Rintarō Mayuzumi	33.7%
8			Mikio Satō	33.2%
9			Takeshi Shibata	32.0%
10			Rintarō Mayuzumi	37.4%
11			Mikio Satō	34.7%
12			Takeshi Shibata	31.2%
13			Rintarō Mayuzumi	30.7%
14			Mikio Satō	28.4%
15			Takeshi Shibata	32.7%
16			Rintarō Mayuzumi	33.5%
17			Mikio Satō	28.0%
18			Takeshi Shibata	29.4%
19			Rintarō Mayuzumi	31.7%
20			Kenji Shindō	32.4%
21			Takeshi Shibata	31.2%
22			Rintarō Mayuzumi	30.6%
23			Mikio Satō	36.2%
24			Takeshi Shibata	32.8%
25			Keishi Ōtomo	33.9%
26			Kenji Shindō	33.2%
27			Mikio Satō	31.3%
28			Takeshi Shibata	33.5%
29			Rintarō Mayuzumi	31.2%
30			Mikio Satō	26.4%
31			Takeshi Shibata	26.8%
32			Yoshiharu Katō	29.7%
33			Rintarō Mayuzumi	29.9%
34			Mikio Satō	31.8%
35			Takeshi Shibata	33.1%
36			Taku Katō	29.5%
37			Rintarō Mayuzumi	31.8%
38			Taku Katō	23.9%
39			Mikio Satō	22.2%
40			Yuki Nakashima	27.9%
41			Rintarō Mayuzumi	29.1%
42			Takeshi Shibata	25.0%
43			Keishi Ōtomo	27.2%
44			Mikio Satō	29.1%
45			Rintarō Mayuzumi	30.0%
46			Mikio Satō	30.5%
47			Takeshi Shibata	25.9%
48			Mikio Satō	27.3%
49			Rintarō Mayuzumi	27.1%
Average rating 30.5% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).

Broadcasting in the United States

Circa 1997–98, New Jersey Network would air the show subtitled in English on Sunday evenings at 11:00pm EST. However, there is no physical domestic release of this series on VHS or DVD.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 大河ドラマ 秀吉. October 3, 2020. NHK.
2. Web site: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A7%80%E5%90%89-732477. ja:秀吉とは. 2020-12-25. Japanese. kotobank.