| Genre: | taiga drama |
| Director: | Yasuo Shibuya |
| Starring: | Sakae Takita Shinobu Otake Kōji Yakusho Masaomi Kondō Hiroshi Katsuno Kimiko Ikegami Shin Takuma Ken Tanaka Shinjirō Ehara Taketoshi Naito Mariko Fuji Misako Tanaka Kenji Takaoka Minori Terada Kazuko Yoshiyuki Misako Konno Gō Wakabayashi Yōsuke Natsuki Yoichi Hayashi Mikio Narita Masahiko Tsugawa Raita Ryū Hiroyuki Nagato Kaoru Yachigusa Takeshi Kaga Keiju Kobayashi Tetsuya Takeda Keiko Takeshita Masako Natsume Onoe Tatsunosuke I Kōji Ishizaka |
| Opentheme: | NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Composer: | Isao Tomita |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Num Episodes: | 50 |
| Runtime: | 45 minutes |
| Channel: | NHK |
is a 1983 Japanese television series. It is the 21st NHK taiga drama. The drama is based on the novel of the same name by Sōhachi Yamaoka.[1] [2]
The work is set during the Sengoku period going into the early Edo period.
The story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu from before his birth until his death.[3]
Production Credits
Generally, due to the image of Tokugawa Ieyasu being petite and chubby, casting proved to be challenging. Before long, within the production team, the desire to create a new image of Ieyasu grew stronger, and the tall Sakae Takita was chosen for the role.[5]
Due to the strong desire of Mieko Osanai, who is also a scriptwriter for Kinpachi-sensei, Tetsuya Takeda played the role of Hideyoshi. He was mentioned as one of the leading candidates for the role of Hideyoshi in the 1981 NHK Taiga drama Onna Taikōki as well.[6]
Initially, the role of Nobunaga was offered to popular singer and actor Kenji Sawada. However, he was too busy, and scheduling proved to be difficult. Eventually, just one week before the casting announcement, it was decided that he was unable to participate. NHK gave up on casting a big-name actor and instead, at the time still relatively unknown, chose Koji Yakusho for the role. From there, he quickly rose to fame and became a popular actor.[7]
| Episode | Original airdate | Title | Directed by | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makoto Ōhara | 34.9% | |||
| 2 | Ikuo Katō | 35.2% | |||
| 3 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 33.0% | |||
| 4 | Makoto Ōhara | 37.4% | |||
| 5 | Ikuo Katō | 36.0% | |||
| 6 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 35.5% | |||
| 7 | Makoto Ōhara | 36.2% | |||
| 8 | Ikuo Katō | 35.9% | |||
| 9 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 33.0% | |||
| 10 | Makoto Ōhara | 34.5% | |||
| 11 | Masahide Kanetoshi | 29.9% | |||
| 12 | Ikuo Katō | 36.1% | |||
| 13 | Makoto Ōhara | 28.0% | |||
| 14 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 30.2% | |||
| 15 | Masahide Kanetoshi | 27.3% | |||
| 16 | Ikuo Katō | 33.3% | |||
| 17 | Kazutaka Kunihiro | 27.8% | |||
| 18 | Makoto Ōhara | 33.2% | |||
| 19 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 34.7% | |||
| 20 | Masahide Kanetoshi | 32.4% | |||
| 21 | Ikuo Katō | 29.2% | |||
| 22 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 27.5% | |||
| 23 | Masahide Kanetoshi | 35.0% | |||
| 24 | Makoto Ōhara | 31.4% | |||
| 25 | 35.1% | ||||
| 26 | Ikuo Katō | 36.9% | |||
| 27 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 28.9% | |||
| 28 | Kazutaka Kunihiro | 27.7% | |||
| 29 | Ikuo Katō | 30.6% | |||
| 30 | Makoto Ōhara | 27.1% | |||
| 31 | Masahide Kanetoshi | 24.4% | |||
| 32 | Kazutaka Kunihiro | 24.5% | |||
| 33 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 23.5% | |||
| 34 | Ikuo Katō | 29.1% | |||
| 35 | Makoto Ōhara | 28.4% | |||
| 36 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 29.6% | |||
| 37 | Kōsaku Takahashi | 29.8% | |||
| 38 | Ikuo Katō | 31.3% | |||
| 39 | Makoto Ōhara | 27.7% | |||
| 40 | 29.2% | ||||
| 41 | Ikuo Katō | 31.3% | |||
| 42 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 28.8% | |||
| 43 | Makoto Ōhara | 30.1% | |||
| 44 | Ikuo Katō | 29.6% | |||
| 45 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 30.3% | |||
| 46 | Ikuo Katō | 30.2% | |||
| 47 | Makoto Ōhara | 30.6% | |||
| 48 | Maorimasa Matsumoto | 29.5% | |||
| 49 | Ikuo Katō | 31.3% | |||
| 50 | Makoto Ōhara | 33.1% | |||
| Average rating 31.2% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).[8] | |||||