Toshiie to Matsu

Details

Title: 利家とまつ
Title (romaji): Toshiie to Matsu
Tagline: 加賀百万石物語 / Kaga Hyakumangoku Monogatari
Title (English): Toshiie and Matsu / Love Shines Through
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 49
Viewership ratings: Avg: 22.1%, high: 27.6% (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-06 to 2002-Dec-15
Air time: Sunday 20:00

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)

User/Viewer Ratings

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Cast

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Maeda Clan

Karasawa Toshiaki as Maeda Toshiie
Matsushima Nanako as Matsu
Yamaguchi Mika (山口美香) as young Matsu

Children of Toshiie and Matsu

Mukunoki Miwa (椋木美羽) as Ko (eldest daughter)
- Yabata Riyu (矢端吏結) as Ko (age 8)
- Aoki Chinami (青木千奈美) as Ko (age 9-12)
- Kojima Riko (小島莉子) as Ko (age 15-17)
Ito Hideaki as Maeda Toshinaga (eldest legitimate son)
- 山田一樹 as Toshinaga (age 6-9)
- Ono Kensho (小野賢章) as Toshinaga (age 12-14)
- Kaku Tomohiro as Toshinaga (age 17-19)
Mizuhashi Takami as Eihime (Toshinaga's wife, Oda Nobunaga's daughter)
Uehara Sakura as Sho (second daughter)
- Sano Hinako as Sho (age 5-8)
- Yoshitani Ayako as Sho (age 11-13)
- Togo Natsuko (藤後夏子) as Sho (age 17)
Sato Aiko as Maa (third daughter)
- Ririko (李里子) as Maa (age 7-17)
- Yanagisawa Nana as Maa (age 18-22)
Sudo Risa as Go (fourth daughter)
- 梅澤美優 as Go (age 5)
- Oota Nanami (大田ななみ) as Go (age 8)
- Saito Chiaki (斎藤千晃) as Go (age 10)
Akisada Rio (秋定里穂) as Yome (fifth daughter)
- Hirano Moeka (平野萌香) as Yome (age 4-5)
- Nakai Sakura (中井さくら) as Yome (age 6-10)
Narimiya Hiroki as Maeda Toshimasa (second son)
- Ishizaka Ryoma (石坂良磨) as Toshimasa (age 5-7)
- Nomura Taichiro (野村太一郎) as Toshimasa (age 9-13)
Kawano Ree (川野礼絵) as Seki (Toshimasa's wife, Gamo Ujisato's daughter)
Kawabe Chieko (河邉千恵子) as Chiyo (sixth daughter)
- Inoue Eri (井上愛理) as young Chiyo
阿部修也 as Maeda Saruchiyo (third son)
- 田中麻佐志 as young Saruchiyo

Others

Sugawara Bunta as Maeda Toshimasa (Toshiie's father)
Kaga Mariko as Tatsu (Toshiie's mother)
Miura Tomokazu as Maeda Toshihisa (Toshiie's eldest brother)
Natori Yuko as Tsune (Toshihisa's wife)
Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Maeda Keijiro (Tsune's stepchild)
- Murakami Yuta (村上雄太) as young Keijiro
Fukawa Toshikazu as Maeda Toshiharu (Toshiie's second eldest brother)
Yamanishi Atsushi as Maeda Yasukatsu (Toshiie's third older brother)
Takenouchi Yutaka as Sawaki Yoshiyuki (Toshiie's younger brother)
Hada Michiko as Yuu (Yoshiyuki's wife)
Sugawara Kaoru (菅原加織) as Maeda Hidetsugu (Toshiie's youngest brother)
- Uchiyama Koki (内山昂輝) as young Hidetsugu

Others

Sorimachi Takashi as Oda Nobunaga
Sakai Noriko as One
Akagi Harue as Ume
Matsudaira Ken as Shibata Katsuie
Kusabue Mitsuko as Naka
Tanba Tetsuro as Iguchi Tarozaemon
Amami Yuki as Haru
Kagawa Teruyuki as Tokichiro
Matoba Koji as Murai Chohachiro
Kato Masaya
Tabata Tomoko
Takashima Masahiro as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Yamaguchi Yuichiro as Sassa Narimasa
Wentz Eiji
Sawamura Ikki
Kakiuchi Ayami
Mukaichi Mion
Tanaka Misato as Ichi
Nakajo Kiyoshi as Okumura Ietomi
Tanaka Ken as Sakuma Nobumori
Ikeuchi Junko as Fuku
Yachigusa Kaoru as Tae
Takabayashi Yukiko

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Takeyama Yo
Producer: Yasuhara Yuto (安原裕人), Sano Motohiko
Director: Sato Mineyo, Tamura Fumitaka (田村文孝), Suzuki Kei (鈴木圭), Iseda Masaya (伊勢田雅也), Motoki Kazuhiro, Inoue Tsuyoshi (井上剛), Tsuchiya Katsuhiro (土屋勝裕), Kajiwara Toki
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki
Narrator: Abe Wataru (阿部渉)

Episode Ratings

See Toshiie to Matsu/Episode Ratings

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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