| Director: | Akihiko Shigemitsu and others |
| Executive Producer: | Kei Murakami |
| Composer: | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Opentheme: | NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Narrated: | Ayako Wakao |
| Starring: | Kiichi Nakai Kyōhei Shibata Misako Konno Mao Daichi Yoko Minamino Shinichi Tsutsumi Ryo Ishibashi Hiroaki Murakami Isao Hashizume Yumi Asō Kimiko Ikegami Ryōsuke Miki Kōjirō Hongō Nakamura Hashinosuke Jun Hamamura Saburō Shinoda Kyōko Kishida Nakamura Kankurō V Kiyoshi Kodama Joe Shishido Ken Utsui Kei Satō Bunta Sugawara Mikijirō Hira Mayumi Ogawa Toshiyuki Nishida Ryōtarō Sugi |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Num Episodes: | 50 |
| Runtime: | 45 minutes |
| Network: | NHK |
is a 1988 Japanese historical television series. It is the 26th NHK Taiga drama. It is based on the novels by Jirō Nitta of the same title. It had the average viewing rating of 39.7%, with its peak reaching 47.8%.[1] It had the second highest average viewership rating in its history with only a 0.5% difference to the previous year's Taiga drama One-Eyed Dragon Masamune.
The series focuses on the life of Takeda Shingen during the Sengoku period.[2] The narrator is Takeda Shingen's mother, Ōi-no-kata, who tells the story to the audience. Even when she dies mid-way through the main story, it is her spirit who continues to narrate the events and watch over her son until the very end. It covers from when Shingen exiled his father to his funeral three years after his death.
| Episode | Original airdate | Title | Directed by | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 42.5% | |||
| 2 | Minoru Fuse | 47.3% | |||
| 3 | Seiji Ōmori | 48.6% | |||
| 4 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 48.1% | |||
| 5 | Minoru Fuse | 45.0% | |||
| 6 | Seiji Ōmori | 49.2% | |||
| 7 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 46.6% | |||
| 8 | Minoru Fuse | 48.6% | |||
| 9 | Seiji Ōmori | 46.5% | |||
| 10 | Shigeki Akiyama | 46.9% | |||
| 11 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 43.9% | |||
| 12 | Minoru Fuse | 45.6% | |||
| 13 | Seiji Ōmori | 36.5% | |||
| 14 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 44.0% | |||
| 15 | Minoru Fuse | 43.4% | |||
| 16 | Seiji Ōmori | 40.2% | |||
| 17 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 39.3% | |||
| 18 | Hisashi Ichii | 39.1% | |||
| 19 | Minoru Fuse | 42.8% | |||
| 20 | Seiji Ōmori | 37.4% | |||
| 21 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 36.8% | |||
| 22 | Shigeki Akiyama | 35.5% | |||
| 23 | Minoru Fuse | 34.1% | |||
| 24 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 35.3% | |||
| 25 | Hisashi Ichii | 37.1% | |||
| 26 | Seiji Ōmori | 33.7% | |||
| 27 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 36.4% | |||
| 28 | 37.7% | ||||
| 29 | Minoru Fuse | 34.7% | |||
| 30 | Seiji Ōmori | 31.5% | |||
| 31 | Minoru Fuse | 33.7% | |||
| 32 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 31.8% | |||
| 33 | Shigeki Akiyama | 36.3% | |||
| 34 | Seiji Ōmori | 35.0% | |||
| 35 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 38.0% | |||
| 36 | Minoru Fuse | 37.4% | |||
| 37 | Kōji Yoshikawa | 34.1% | |||
| 38 | Seiji Ōmori | 39.3% | |||
| 39 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 36.8% | |||
| 40 | Hisashi Ichii | 29.5% | |||
| 41 | Seiji Ōmori | 36.4% | |||
| 42 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 41.9% | |||
| 43 | Fumitaka Tamura | 37.7% | |||
| 44 | Seiji Ōmori | 34.5% | |||
| 45 | Hisashi Ichii | 36.9% | |||
| 46 | Seiji Ōmori | 35.3% | |||
| 47 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 38.1% | |||
| 48 | Teru Tajima | 37.8% | |||
| 49 | Akihiko Shigemitsu | 38.1% | |||
| 50 | 37.1% | ||||
| Average rating 39.2% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).[3] | |||||