Genroku Ryoran
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- Title: 元禄繚乱
- Title (romaji): Genroku Ryoran
- Also known as: Chushingura
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Jidaigeki
- Episodes: 49
- Viewership ratings: Avg: 20.2%, high: 28.5% (Kanto)
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: 1999-Jan-10 to 1999-Dec-12
- Air time: Sunday 20:00
Synopsis
The 38th NHK taiga drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "47 Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th taiga drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
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Cast
- Oishi Clan
- Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII (中村勘三郎) as Oishi Kuranosuke Yoshio
- Otake Shinobu as Riku
- Nakamura Shichinosuke II (中村七之助) as Oishi Chikara (Kuranosuke's and Riku's son)
- Kumaki Sho (熊木翔) as Matsunojo
- Minami Kaho as Omasa
- Adachi Yumi as Okaru
- Aikawa Kinya as Oishi Tanomonosuke
- Nakamura Umenosuke IV (中村梅之助) as Ishizuka Gengobee (Riku's father)
- Onodera Haruna → Jo Souan (徐桑安) → Sakata Maiko (坂田麻衣子) as Oishi Kuu (Kuranosuke's daughter)
- Itakura Miho (板倉美穂) as Oishi Ruri (Kuranosuke's daughter)
- Nabekura Moemori (鍋倉萌杜) → Kitao Wataru (北尾亘) → 柿本祐貴 as Oishi Kichichiyo (Kuranosuke's second son)
- Iijima Rina (飯島里奈) as Okimi (Kuranosuke's servant)
- Sato Teru (佐藤輝) as Hachisuke (Kuranosuke's servant)
- The 47 Ronin of Ako
- Abe Hiroshi as Horibe Yasubee
- Yamamoto Gaku as Yoshida Chuzaemon
- Igawa Hisashi as Hara Soemon
- Muta Teizo (牟田悌三) as Horibe Yahee
- Tatsumi Takuro as Otaka Gengo
- Hashizume Jun as Kataoka Gengoemon
- Sugimoto Tetta as Fuwa Kazuemon
- Miura Koichi as Kanzaki Yogoro
- Ogura Hisahiro as Maehara Isuke
- Katsurayama Shingo as Okano Kinemon
- Imai Tsubasa as Yato Emoshichi
- Musaka Naomasa as Okuda Magodayu
- Ikari Koji (碇浩二) as Takebayashi Tadashichi
- Kawabe Kyuzo (川辺久造) as Onodera Junai
- Kajiura Akio (梶浦昭生) as Oishi Sezaemon
- Magy as Chikamatsu Kanroku
- Uchida Shige as Isogai Jurozaemon
- Sugawara Kaoru (菅原加織) as Terasaka Kichiemon
- Murai Katsuyuki as Okajima Yasoemon
- Nishikawa Koinojo (西川鯉之亟) as Tominomori Sukeemon
- Manabe Toshihiro as Hayami Tozaemon
- Tamura Motoharu (田村元治) as Hazama Kihee
- Katsumata Ren (勝亦蓮) as Hazama Jujiro
- Nomura Kenichiro (野村健一郎) as Hazama Shinroku
- Endo Tsuyoshi (遠藤剛) as Kaiga Yazaemon
- Saruwaka Yuki (猿若裕貴) as Yoshida Sawaemon
- 宮本秀樹 as Onodera Koemon
- Komiya Motonari (古宮基成) as Okuda Sadaemon
- Koike Koji (小池幸次) as Mase Kyudayu
- Mizuki Shunichiro (水月駿一郎) as Mase Magokuro
- 中山敬一 as Muramatsu Kihee
- 林力 as Muramatsu Sandayu
- Amano Daisuke (天乃大介) as Sugaya Hannojo
- Akaike Takayuki (赤池高行) as Yokogawa Kanpei
- Yokota Hiroaki (横田大明) as Sugino Juheiji
- Nakamura Nakasuke (中村仲助) as Akabane Genzo
- 笠川太 as Kimura Okaemon
- 池田正男 as Senba Saburobee
- Hanagasaki Koichi as Nakamura Kansuke
- Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Ushioda Matanojo
- Okayasu Taiju (岡安泰樹) as Kayano Wasuke
- Oshima Koichi (大島康一) as Kurahashi Densuke
- Yasuoka Hideyuki (安岡英之) as Mimura Jirozaemon
- 田中栄一 as Katsuda Shinzaemon
- 小玉樹 as Yada Goemon
Others
- Matsudaira Ken
- Ishizaka Koji
- Miyazawa Rie
- Kyo Machiko
- Yoshida Eisaku
- Higashiyama Noriyuki
- Hagiwara Kenichi
- Suzukaze Mayo
- Suzuki Sawa
- Murai Kunio
- Kondo Masaomi
- Murakami Hiroaki
- Shinohara Ryoko
- Hirota Leona
- Suzuki Honami
- Sasai Eisuke
- Kataoka Tsurutaro
- Yamaguchi Takashi (山口崇)
- Takuma Shin
- Yamanaka So
- Ryu Raita
- Natsuki Mari
- Yamazaki Yusuke
- Terada Minori
- Emoto Akira
- Kato Takeshi
- Okamoto Aya
- Okina Megumi
- Takaoka Saki
- Tsutsumi Shinichi
- Sugimoto Aya
- Achiwa Satomi
- Miyazaki Aoi
- Shinagawa Toru
- Asari Yosuke
Production Credits
- Original writing: Novel Shin Chushingura by Funabashi Seiichi (舟橋聖一)
- Screenwriter: Nakajima Takehiro (中島丈博)
- Director: Ohara Makoto (大原誠), Kataoka Hiroshi, Endo Rishi (遠藤理史), Umibe Kiyoshi (海辺潔), Motoki Kazuhiro
- Music: Ikebe Shinichiro (池辺晋一郎)
- Narrator: Kunii Masahiko (国井雅比古), Kishimoto Tamae (岸本多万重)
Episode Ratings
See Genroku Ryoran/Episode Ratings
Notes
- A few sources refer to this taiga drama as Chushingura. Although the drama is based on the famous story of the 47 ronin, the official name given by NHK is 元禄繚乱, as published on both their website and in their annual publication (ISBN 4-14-923327-6). However, places like JDorama.com and KIKU-TV refer to the drama as Chushingura, and as such many people refer to the taiga drama using that name. -- Groink 06:44, 24 Jul 2005 (EDT)
- The story of the 47 ronin have been told in many other movies and TV dramas, including: 47 Ronin (Shochiku, 1941), Chushingura with Mifune Toshiro (Toho, 1962), Ako Roshi (Toei, 1985), Chuushingura 1/47 (Fuji TV, 2001), Saigo no Chuushingura (NHK, 2004), and Chushingura (TV Asahi, 2004). -- Groink 06:44, 24 Jul 2005 (EDT)
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