Gunshi Kanbee
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Details
- Title: 軍師官兵衛
- Title (romaji): Gunshi Kanbee
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Jidaigeki
- Episodes: 50
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: 2014-Jan-05 to 2014-Dec-21
- Air time: Sunday 20:00
Synopsis
July 1590, Odawara. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army had surrounded the Odawara Castle for over three months, hoping to conquer this last obstacle to his dream of the country's unification. Standing at the gate of the castle, a lone man facing the menacing guards shouted out: "Do not throw your lives away. Treasure living!". Not long after, the castle gates opened and the reigning lord surrendered. The name of that man is Kuroda Kanbee. An excellent military strategist, he worked hand-in-hand with Hideyoshi to unify the country.
Kanbee's family had fled to Harima, and were relatively poor. As the protege of Kodera Masamoto, Kanbee was very much trusted and relied upon by his lord liege. However, Kodera was suspicious of Kanbee's father, Mototaka, thinking that he was trying to usurp his power. One day, Kodera decided to match-make Kanbee with the daughter of Kushihashi, another one of his vassals. Kushihashi's son, who was of the same age as Kanbee, intensely disliked Kanbee and objected to the match. Since this was the order of Kodera, they had no choice but to marry the youngest daughter, Teru, to Kanbee. On Kuroda clan side, in order to assuage their lord liege's suspicions, Mototaka decided to step down, and made Kanbee the head of the clan. Kanbee was but 22 years old. Kanbee and Teru were married, and they were blessed with a son soon after, but when many years had passed and yet Teru couldn't seem to conceive a second child, Kanbee decided to adopt the young children of his vassals as his proteges who became known as "Kuroda's warriors".
When Kanbee turned 30, a revolutionary young lord was slowly laying siege to all the various shogunates, aiming for a unified Japan. Harima became the place where the clash between Oda and Mori Terumoto was set. Kanbee was very attracted to Oda's unification plans, and had gone to Gifu Castle to meet up with him. There, he became acquainted with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and soon became Hideyoshi's right-hand man, marking the birth of Gunshi Kanbee.
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Cast
Kuroda Clan
- Okada Junichi as Kuroda Kanbee
- Wakayama Kirato as Mankichi
- Nakatani Miki as Teru
- Ryu Raita as Kuroda Shigetaka
- Shibata Kyohei as Kuroda Mototaka
- Toda Naho as Iwa
- Matsuzaka Tori as Kuroda Nagamasa
- Akimoto Rei as Shojumaru
- Yoshimoto Miyu as Ei Hime
- Fujiyoshi Kumiko as Nui
- Ryu Daisuke as Kuroda Kyumu
- Iida Kisuke as Ide Tomoji
- Ueki Shohei as Kuroda Hyogonosuke
- Takahata Mitsuki as Ito
Kuroda Clan's vassals
- Shiomi Sansei as Mori Kohee
- Nagai Masaru as Mori Buhee
- Hamada Gaku as Kuriyama Zensuke
- Hayami Mokomichi as Mori Tahee
- Takahashi Issei as Inoue Kuroemon
- Tsukamoto Takashi as Goto Matabee
- Nakagawa Shoko as O-kuni
- Achiwa Satomi as O-fuku
House of Nobunaga
- Eguchi Yosuke as Oda Nobunaga
- Uchida Yuki as Nou
- Shunputei Koasa (春風亭小朝) as Akera Mitsuhide
- Kondo Yoshimasa as Shibata Katsuie
- Katsuno Hiroshi as Niwa Nagahide
- Tanaka Tetsushi as Araki Murashige
- Kiritani Mirei as Dashi
- Ikuta Toma as Takayama Ukon
- Nakamura Tomoya as Oda Nobutada
- Nakayama Masei as Oda Nobutaka
- Kosakai Shota as Oda Nobukatsu
- Ozeki Shinji as Oda Nobuyuki
House of Hideyoshi
- Takenaka Naoto as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Nikaido Fumi as Chacha
- Kuroki Hitomi as O-ne
- Tanihara Shosuke as Takenaka Hanbee
- Tanaka Kei as Ishida Mitsunari
- Pierre Taki as Hachisuka Koroku
- Ishiguro Hideo as Fukushima Masanori
- Abe Shinnosuke as Kato Kiyomasa
- Nakao Akiyoshi as Toyotomi Hidetsugu
- Oshinari Shugo as Konishi Yukinaga
- Ishino Mako as Magdalena
- Otani Ryosuke as Sassa Narimasa
- Takeda Kohei as Ukita Hideie
- Asari Yosuke as Kobayakawa Hideaki
- Murakami Shingo as Otani Yoshitsugu
- Hayama Shono as Toyotomi Hideyori
Citizens of Harima (current day Hyogo Perfecture)
- Kataoka Tsurutaro as Kodera Masamoto
- Takaoka Saki as Kon
- Masuoka Toru as Kushihashi Sakyonosuke
- Kaneko Nobuaki as Kushihashi Sakyonoshin
- Sakai Wakana as Riki
- Bito Isao as Ibuki Zenemon
- Minamisawa Nao as O-tatsu
- Isobe Tsutomu as Ogo Yoshitoshi
Tokugawa Clan
- Terao Akira as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Azuma Mikihisa as Ii Naomasa
- Shionoya Masayuki as Honda Tadakatsu
- Nakamura Ikuji as Sakakibara Yasumasa
Mori Clan
- Miura Kota as Mori Terumoto
- Yoshimi Kazutoyo as Kikkawa Motoharu
- Tsurumi Shingo as Kobayakawa Takakage
- Yamaji Kazuhiro as Ankokuji Ekei
- Jinnai Takanori as Ukita Naoie
- Ukaji Takashi as Shimizu Muneharu
- Deai Masayuki as Yoshikawa
- Kakizawa Hayato as Mori Ranmaru
Others
- Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Ashikaga Yoshiaki
- Mashima Hidekazu as Kennyo
- Bessho Tetsuya as Yamanaka Shikanosuke
- Dan Jiro as Akamatsu Masahide
- Kurimoto Yuki as Kayo
- Uchida Ai as Suzu
- Shigenai Mayu as Myoharu
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Maekawa Yoichi
- Producer: Katsuta Natsuko (勝田夏子)
- Directors: Tanaka Kenji (田中健二), Ohara Taku (大原拓), Motoki Kazuhiro
- Music: Kanno Yugo
Episode Information
Episode | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) |
Ratings (Kansai) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Law of Survival | 18.9 | 23.0 |
2 | An Unforgettable First Love | 16.9 | 17.8 |
3 | The Way to Living | 18.0 | 18.3 |
4 | A New Beginning | 16.5 | 19.8 |
5 | The Results of a Mortal Combat | 16.0 | 21.8 |
6 | Nobunaga's Gamble | 15.0 | 15.8 |
7 | A Time for Decisions | 15.2 | 19.3 |
8 | A Man Called Hideyoshi | 16.1 | 16.8 |
9 | Evaluation of Kanbe | 15.4 | 19.0 |
10 | Invasion of Mori | 15.7 | 18.9 |
11 | A Deathly Banquet | 15.8 | 15.7 |
12 | The hostage Shojumaru | 15.8 | 17.9 |
13 | Kodera still? | 12.9 | 15.1 |
14 | Sisters torn apart | 14.9 | 15.8 |
15 | The Division of Harima | 14.9 | 18.3 |
16 | Protecting Uezuki Castle | 16.2 | 17.9 |
17 | The Abandoned Castle | 15.6 | 17.7 |
18 | The Reason for Betrayal | 12.3 | 14.9 |
19 | Ruthless Trap | 13.7 | 16.3 |
20 | The Captive Strategist | 14.8 | 17.3 |
21 | Shojumaru's Life | 14.8 | 19.1 |
22 | Arioka, The Final Day | 16.6 | 18.8 |
23 | Hanbei's Will | 16.0 | 18.7 |
24 | The General that Returned | 17.5 | 19.3 |
25 | The Apex of Prosperity | 16.4 | 16.4 |
26 | Nagamasa's First Battle | 14.9 | 17.6 |
27 | Inundating Takamatsu Castle | 16.7 | 20.3 |
28 | The Honnoji Incident | 17.5 | 22.1 |
29 | The Shogun's Clever Scheme | 19.4 | 20.5 |
30 | The Great Reclamation of Chugoku | 15.6 | 17.7 |
31 | The Path to the Shogun's People | 18.2 | 20.7 |
32 | Farewell, Father! | 16.1 | 19.2 |
33 | The Hurting Spirit | 16.7 | 16.9 |
34 | Leaving for Battle in Kyushu | 13.0 | 17.4 |
35 | Hideyoshi's Trick | 14.5 | 14.0 |
36 | The Tribulations of a New World | 15.1 | 17.4 |
37 | Kiidani's Tragedy | 14.6 | 16.1 |
38 | A cornered Gunshi | 15.0 | 17.7 |
39 | The successor | 14.6 | 15.1 |
40 | The Fall of Odawara | 17.6 | 18.9 |
41 | The Men's Resolution | 14.1 | 16.6 |
42 | The Taiko's Ambitions | 15.6 | 17.9 |
43 | The Birth of Josui | 15.3 | 15.7 |
44 | The Fall of a Great Man | 15.0 | 18.2 |
45 | Hideyoshi's Final Breath | 16.8 | 18.4 |
46 | Ieyasu's Move | 16.4 | 19.6 |
47 | Josui's Plot | 15.4 | 17.3 |
48 | The Shogunate's Upheavals | 16.6 | 20.3 |
49 | Josui's Final Battle | 15.8 | 21.3 |
50 | The Turbulent Times End Here | 17.6 | 19.4 |
Average | 15.8 | 18.2 |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Recognitions
- 18th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2014): Best Drama
- 18th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2014): Best Actor - Okada Junichi
- 18th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2014): Best Supporting Actor - Takenaka Naoto
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