Ryoma ga Yuku (NHK)
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Details
- Title: 竜馬がゆく
- Title (romaji): Ryoma ga Yuku
- Episodes: 43
- Genre: Jidaigeki drama, renzoku drama
- Air time: Sunday 20:00 to 20:45
- Viewership: Ep1=22.9, High=22.9, Avg=14.5
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: 1968-Jan-07 to 1968-Dec-29
- See also: Ryoma ga Yuku (TBS, 1997)
Synopsis
The 6th NHK Taiga Drama is Ryoma ga Yuku. This renzoku drama chronicles the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to study swordsmanship, Ryoma heads for Edo where he meets many people who influence his thinking. He becomes close friends with men like Katsu Kaishu and Saigo Takamori and later establishes a naval training school in Kobe. Ryoma's controversial political views make him a target for shogunate assassins but his fervent belief in a classless society helps forge the Choshu-Satsuma alliance which ultimately brings about the Meiji Restoration.
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Cast
- Kitaooji Kinya
- Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子)
- Takahashi Hideki
- Shimokawa Tappei
- Sugai Kin
- Iwao Kinshiro (巌金四郎)
- Asaoka Ruriko
- Nomura Shoji
- Takizawa Osamu (滝沢修) as narrator
Production Credits
- Original writing: Shiba Ryotaro
- Scenario: Mizuki Yoko (水木洋子)
- Music: Mamiya Michio (間宮芳生)
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