Toshiie and Matsu

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Details

Name: 利家とまつ
Name (romaji): Toshiie to Matsu
Also known as: Toshiie and Matsu / Love Shines Through
Genre: Taiga drama, historical
Episodes: 49
Viewership ratings: 26.1 (1st ep), 27.6 (higest ep), 22.1 (average)
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-06 to 2002-Dec-15
Theme Song:

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Synopsis

The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga.

Synopsis by episode can be found here. (Courtesy of KIKU-TV)

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Cast

Karasawa Toshiaki as Maeda Toshiie
Matsushima Nanako as Matsu
Takenouchi Yutaka as Sawaki Yoshiyuki (Ryosuke)
Sorimachi Takashi as Oda Nobunaga
Sakai Noriko as One
Akagi Harue as Ume
Miura Tomokazu as Maeda Toshihisa
Natori Yuko
Kaga Mariko as Tatsu
Matsudaira Ken as Shibata Katsuie
Kusabue Mitsuko as Naka
Tanba Tetsuro as Iguchi Tarozaemon
Amami Yuki as Haru
Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Maeda Keijiro
Mizuhashi Takami
Kagawa Teruyuki as Tokichiro
Ito Hideaki
Matoba Koji as Murai Chohachiro
Kato Masaya
Yanagisawa Nana

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Production Credits

Screenwriter: Takeyama You (竹山洋)
Directors: Suzuki Kei (鈴木圭), Inoue Go (井上剛), Sato Mineyo (佐藤峰世), Iseda Masaya (伊勢田雅也), Kobayashi Takeshi (小林武), Motoki Kazuhiro (本木一博), Tamura Fumitaka (田村文孝), Kajihara Tojo (梶原登城), Tsuchiya Katsuhiro (土屋勝裕)
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki

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Notes

JN Productions referenced the series in their English subtitles as Toshiie and Matsu. KIKU-TV aired the series under the same naming convention.

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