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[[File:Taira no Kiyomori.jpg|thumb|400px|Taira no Kiyomori]]
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 平清盛
*'''Title (romaji):''' Taira no Kiyomori
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Jidaigeki
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2012-Jan
*'''Air time:''' Sunday 20:00

==Synopsis==
The 51st NHK Taiga drama recounts the life of Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), a general of the Heian period, who established the first samurai-based government in Japan.

==Cast==
[[File:Kiyomori chart.jpg|thumb|300px|Character relationship chart]]
*[[Matsuyama Kenichi]] as [[Wikipedia:Taira_no_Kiyomori|Taira no Kiyomori]]

;Samurai
*[[Nakai Kiichi]] as [[Wikipedia:Taira_no_Tadamori|Taira no Tadamori]]
*[[Kohinata Fumiyo]] as [[Wikipedia:Minamoto_no_Tameyoshi|Minamoto no Tameyoshi]]

;Kiyomori's rivals
*[[Tamaki Hiroshi]] as [[Wikipedia:Minamoto_no_Yoshitomo|Minamoto no Yoshitomo]]
*[[Matsuda Shota]] as [[Wikipedia:Goshirakawa|Emperor Goshirakawa]]
*[[Fujiki Naohito]] as [[Wikipedia:Saigyo|Saigyo Hoshi]] / Sato Norikiyo

;Taira clan
*[[Nakamura Baijaku]] as Taira no Iesada
*[[Kamikawa Takaya]] as Taira no Morikuni
*[[Fujimoto Takahiro]] as Itou Tadakiyo
*[[Daito Shunsuke]] as Taira no Iemori
*[[Fukada Kyoko]] as [[Wikipedia:Taira_no_Tokiko|Taira no Tokiko]]
*[[Narumi Riko]] as Taira no Shigeko / Kenshunmon'in
*[[Kato Ai]] as Takashina no Akiko
*[[Wakui Emi]] as Fujiwara no Muneko
*[[Morita Go]] as Taira no Tokitada
*[[Toyohara Kosuke]] as Taira no Tadamasa
*[[Nakamura Atsuo]] as Taira no Masamori
*[[Kubota Masataka]] as Taira no Shigemori
*[[Watabe Gota]] as Taira no Motomori
*[[Fukiishi Kazue]] as Taira no Kiyomori's mother

;Imperial clan
*[[Mikami Hiroshi]] as Emperor Tobajo
*[[ARATA]] as Emperor Sutokuten
**[[Kuwashiro Takaaki]] as young Emperor Sutokuten
*[[Dan Rei]] as Fujiwara no Tamako / Taikenmon'in
*[[Ryo]] as Horikawa no Tsubone
*[[Matsuyuki Yasuko]] as Fujiwara no Nariko / Bifukumon'in

;Aristocrats
*[[Kunimura Jun]] as [[Wikipedia:Fujiwara_no_Tadazane|Fujiwara no Tadazane]]
*[[Yamamoto Koji]] as [[Wikipedia:Fujiwara_no_Yorinaga|Fujiwara no Yorinaga]]
*[[Abe Sadao]] as [[Wikipedia:Fujiwara_no_Michinori|Fujiwara no Michinori]] / Shinzei

;Genji clan women
*[[Takei Emi]] as [[Wikipedia:Tokiwa_Gozen|Lady Tokiwa]]
*[[Tanaka Rena]] as Lady Yura

;Others
*[[Okada Masaki]] as Minamoto no Yoritomo
*[[Nakagawa Taishi]] as Minamoto no Yoritomo (as a boy)
*[[Anne]] as Hojo Masako
*[[Kato Koji]] as Usagimaru
*[[Ito Shiro]] as Emperor Shirakawa
*[[Matsuda Seiko]] as Gion no Nyougo

==Production Credits==
*'''Original Screenplay:''' [[Fujimoto Yuki]]
*'''Director:''' [[Shibata Takeshi]] (柴田岳志)
*'''Producer:''' [[Iso Tomoaki]] (磯智明)
*'''Music:''' [[Yoshimatsu Takashi]] (吉松隆)

==External Links==
*[http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kiyomori/ Official Site]
*[[Wikipedia:jp:平清盛_(NHK大河ドラマ)|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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