Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Details

Title: 徳川慶喜
Title (romaji): Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Also known as: Tokugawa Generations
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 49
Viewership ratings: Avg: 21.1%, high: 29.7% (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 1998-Jan-04 to 1998-Dec-13
Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

The 37th NHK taiga drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa period. Born the seventh son of Lord Nariaki of Mito, Yoshinobu is named shogun when he is just 29 years old. With a wisdom and vision beyond his years, he tries to prolong the life of this 200-year-old dynasty which began with Ieyasu. However, he is unable to forestall the winds of revolution as clans in Choshu, Satsuma and Tosa, with the help of the Imperial Court, clamor for change.

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Cast

Tokugawa Clan

Wakaba Ryuya → Sakimoto Hiromi → Motoki Masahiro as Shichiromaro → Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Ishida Hikari as Mika (Yoshinobu's wife)
Sugawara Bunta as Tokugawa Nariaki (Yoshinobu's father)
Wakao Ayako as Yoshiko → Teihoin (Nariaki's wife, Yoshinobu's mother)
Uchino Seiyo as Tokugawa Yoshiatsu (Nariaki's eldest son, Yoshinobu's eldest brother)
Nakamura Shikan VIII as Tokugawa Akitake (Yoshinobu's younger half-brother)
Tsuruta Mayu as Tokushin-in Tsuneko
Suzuki Mizuho as Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Oide Shinya (大出真也) as Tokugawa Iesada
Fukatsu Eri as Atsuko → Tensho-in (Iesada's second wife)
Kida Kenta (木田健太) → Mizuhashi Kenji → Shindo Kentaro (進藤健太郎) as Tokugawa Iemochi
Kobashi Megumi as Chikako → Seikan-in no Miya (Emperor Komei's younger half-sister)
Yamamoto Yoko (山本陽子) as Kangyo-in (Chikako's mother)
鎌田佳裕 as Tayasu Kamenosuke

People around Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Shida Masayuki as Nakane Chojuro
Arai Yasuhiro as Hiraoka Enshiro
Kan Suon (康すおん) as Kawamura Enjuro
Yamaguchi Yuichiro as Hara Ichinoshin
Kohinata Fumiyo as Nishi Amane
Ono Takehiko
Sato Jun (佐藤淳)
Nakahara Takeo as Umezawa Magotaro
Tayama Ryosei as Matsudaira Chikazugu

The Shogunate

Sugi Ryotaro (杉良太郎) as Ii Naosuke
Mitomo Koki (御友公喜) as Sakai Tadashige
Ohashi Goro as Abe Masahiro
Ogawa Ryuichi (小川隆市) as Abe Masato
Egami Masahiko (江上雅彦) → Owada Shinya as Kuze Hirochika
Wakamatsu Takeshi (若松武史) as Ogasawara Nagamichi
Sasaki Isao as Wakisaka Yasuori
Arikawa Hiroshi (有川博) as Hotta Masayoshi
Ishii Kenichi as Manabe Akikatsu
Shinjitsu Ichiro (真実一路) as Naito Nobumoto
Uchiyama Morihiko (内山森彦) as Matsudaira Noriyasu
Sakanishi Ryota (坂西良太) as Matsudaira Munehide
Takehatsu Shiro (武発史朗) as Matsudaira Yasuhide
Go Shichiro (吾羽七朗) as Matsudaira Tadakata
Oguri Takenobu (小栗健伸) as Matsudaira Norikata
Hakata Akihiro (博多章敬) as Matsudaira Nobuyoshi
Akabane Hideyuki (赤羽秀之) as Mizuno Tadakiyo
Inoue Norihiro (井上倫宏) as Inaba Masakuni
Katsu Kotoku (勝光徳) as Inaba Masami
Kobayashi Hiroshi (小林宏史) as Itakura Katsukiyo
Morishita Tetsuo as Honda Tadamoto
Shikauchi Takashi (鹿内孝) as Suwa Tadamasa
Hiura Ben as Makino Tadayuki
Horiuchi Masami as Makino Tadamasa
Tanji Daigo (丹治大吾) as Inoue Masanao
Sasaki Bin (佐々木敏) as Ando Nobumasa
Murakami Mikio (村上幹夫) as Ota Sukemoto

Production Credits

Original writing: Novel Saigo no Shogun (最後の将軍) by Shiba Ryotaro
Screenwriter: Tamukai Seiken (田向正健)
Executive Producer: Takahashi Kosaku (高橋幸作)
Director: Tomizawa Masayuki (富沢正幸), Takebayashi Jun (竹林淳), Yaguchi Takayuki (谷口卓敬), Kurube Kei, Takahashi Ren
Music: Yuasa Joji (湯浅譲二)
Narrator: Ohara Reiko (大原麗子)

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