Yoshitsune
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- Title: 義経
- Title (romaji): Yoshitsune
- Genre: Jidaigeki renzoku
- Episodes: 49
- Viewership ratings: ep1=24.2 high=26.9 avg=19.4
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-09 to 2005-Dec-11
- Air time: Sunday 20:00
- Related TV shows: Minamoto no Yoshitsune (NHK, 1966), Minamoto Yoshitsune (NTV, 1991)
Synopsis
The 44th NHK Taiga Drama is about the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経) (1159 - May 17, 1189) was a late Heian and early Kamakura general of the Minamoto clan of Japan. Yoshitsune was the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. His older brother Minamoto no Yoritomo founded the Kamakura shogunate.
This is the second of two times NHK covered this story. The first time was in the Taiga drama Minamoto no Yoshitsune (NHK, 1966).
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Cast
- Takizawa Hideaki as Minamoto Yoshitsune / Kuro / Shanao
- Kamiki Ryunosuke as Ushikawa (young Shanao)
- Matsudaira Ken as Musashibo Benkei
- Nanbara Kiyotaka as Ise Saburo
- Ujiki Tsuyoshi as Suruga Jiro
- Ito Atsushi as Kisanta
- Kaito Ken as Sato Tadanobu
- Miyauchi Atsushi as Sato Tsugunobu
- Ishihara Yoshizumi as Minamoto Noriyori
- Oguri Shun as Kajiwara Kagesue
- Ishihara Satomi as Shizuka
- Ueto Aya as Utsubo
- Uehara Misa as Tekona
- Tsurumi Shingo as Taira Munemori
- Ito Takahiro as young Munemori
- Abe Hiroshi as Taira Tomomori
- Kato Kazuko as Muneko
- Hosokawa Shigeki as Taira Shigehira
- Kashu Toshiki as Taira Koremori
- Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Kiso Yoshinaka
- Koike Eiko as Tomoe
- Zaizen Naomi as Hojo Masako
- Osugi Ren as Minamoto Yukiie
- Nakao Akira as Kajiwara Kagetoki
- Kobayashi Nenji as Hojo Tokimasa
- Matsuzaka Keiko as Tokiko
- Nakai Kiichi as Minamoto Yoritomo
- Hira Mikijiro as Ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa
- Natsuki Mari as Tango
- Kusakari Masao as Taira Tomoyasu
- Nakajima Tomoko as Chidori
- Shiraishi Kayoko as Otoku (Narrator)
- Inamori Izumi as Tokiwa
- Natsukawa Yui as Akirakeiko
- Moriguchi Yoko as Tsuneko
- Toda Naho as Sukeko
- Manda Hisako as Akane
- Himeno Keiji
- Watari Tetsuya as Taira Kiyomori
- Matsushita Naomi as Kamenomae
- Koizumi Kotaro as Taira Sukemori
- Ichikawa Sadanji as Kichiji
- Hirano Tadahiko as Taira Morikuni
- Watanabe Ikkei as Fujiwara Yasuhira
- Nagashima Kazushige as Fujiwara Kunihira
- Goto Maki as Yoshiko
- Takahashi Hideki as Fujiwara Hidehira
- Tanba Tetsuro as Minamoto Yorimasa
- Umezu Sakae as Old Man Suzaku
- Nakagoshi Noriko as Tokuko
- Ohashi Goro as Taira Tokitada
- Katsumura Masanobu as Taira Shigemori
- Tanaka Minako as Maki
- Shiomi Sansei as Kakunichi Risshi
- Kawahara Sabu as Kumasaka Chohan
- Nakae Yuri as Shigeko
- Kitamura Yukiya as Gotari
- Niki Terumi as Nun Hikino
- Miura Koichi as Taira Yorimori
- Minakaze Yoko as Ikenozenni Muneko
- Osugi Ren as Shingu Juro Yoshimori
- Miwa Akihiro as Kiichi Hogen
- Ebisu Yoshikazu as Ichijo Naganari
- Kato Masaya as Minamoto Yoshitomo
- Kimura Akira
- Imai Tsubasa as Nasu no Yoichi
- Tokoshima Yoshiko
- Musaka Naomasa
- Tomioka Ryo
- Takasugi Ko as Wada Yoshimori
Production Credits
- Original work: Tale of the Heike and Yoshitsune by Miyao Tomiko
- Scenario by: Kaneko Narito
- Music by: Iwashiro Taro
- Theme song peformed by: NHK Symphony Orchestra
- Theme song directed by: Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Music performed by: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
- Data collector: Murakami Genzo
- Scenario collaborators: Kawaue Hideyuki, Manabe Yukiko
- Subtitler (kanji/'kana characters): Chen Bianjun
- Official English subtitles: TV Japan and NHK
- Title picture by: Miyata Masayuki
- Narrator: Shiraishi Kayoko
- Background researcher: Okutomi Tadayuki
- Customs/manners researcher: Futaki Ken'ichi
- Architecture researcher: Hirai Kiyoshi
- Costume researcher: Koizumi Kiyoko
- Entertainment researchers: Hashimoto Hiroyuki, Nomura Mannojo
- Conduct coach: Saruwaka Seizaburo
- Sword battle/military arts coach: Hayashi Kunishiro
- Horsemanship coach: Tanaka Koubo
- Incense coach: Iwamoto Saeko
- Koyto/palace speech coach: Kobayashi Yuri
- Suruga speech coach: Kobayashi Yukihiko
- Flute coach: Inaba Akinori
- Production unifier: Suwabe Akio
- Segment narrator (opening dialog): Kakinuma Kaku
- Segment narrator (Yoshitsune Travels): Hirano Keiko
- Flugel horn performer: Sergei Nakariakov
Notes
- NHK aired a 45-minute special called "Yoshitsune Special Talks". The show introduces the inside stories from the production, told by Takizawa Hideaki and the actors who acted Yoshitsune's retainers. Matsuzaka Keiko, the actress who played Tokiko, and Nakai Kiichi, who played Yoritomo Minamotono, will join them as well. Air date: 2005-12-16 23:00-23:43. All times JST.
- NHK aired a three-part Yoshitune Highlights series in late December 2005. Each year, the highlights special wraps up the year's taiga drama. This special version rearranged 49 episodes of the drama to trace the well-known episodes in Yoshitsune's life. At the end of each part, Takizawa Hideaki, along with other members in the drama will have a casual talk to introduce memories and stories during the production. Air dates: 2005-12-24 (Part 1) 19:30-20:45, 2005-12-25 (Part 2) 16:45-18:00, and 2005-12-25 (Part 3) 19:30-20:45. All times JST.
- NHK released Yoshitsune as a DVD box set on 2006-Mar-24. Price is 31,500円 (roughly US$315.00)
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