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Seiten wo Tsuke

Details

Title: 青天を衝け / Seiten wo Tsuke
Title (English): Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 41
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2021-Feb-14 to 2021-Dec-26
Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

This is a telling of the real-life story of Shibusawa Eiichi (Yoshizawa Ryo), a man known in Japan as the "father of Japanese capitalism". He initiated the establishment of Western capitalism after the Meiji Restoration and is known for presenting various economic reforms to Japan.

Cast

Main Cast

Yoshizawa Ryo as Shibusawa Eiichi

Eiichi's Family

Kobayashi Kaoru as Shibusawa Ichirouemon (Eiichi's father)
Wakui Emi as Shibusawa Ei (Eiichi's mother)
Murakawa Eri as Shibusawa Naka (Eiichi's older sister)
Fujino Ryoko (藤野涼子) as Shibusawa Tei (Eiichi's younger sister)

Eiichi's Extended Family

Kora Kengo as Shibusawa Kisaku (Eiichi's cousin)
Narumi Riko as Shibusawa Yoshi (Kisaku's wife)
Hiraizumi Sei as Shibusawa Sousuke (Eiichi's uncle)
Asaka Mayumi as Shibusawa Masa (Eiichi's aunt)

Odaka Family

Tanabe Seiichi as Odaka Junchu (Shingoro) (Eiichi's cousin)
Mitsushima Shinnosuke as Odaka Choshichiro (Eiichi's cousin)
Hashimoto Ai as Odaka Chiyo (Eiichi's cousin)
Okada Kenshi as Odaka Heikuro (Eiichi's cousin)
Tezuka Satomi as Odaka Yahe (Odaka family's mother)
Tezuka Mai as Odaka Kise (Junchu's wife)

Mito Domain

Takenaka Naoto as Tokugawa Nariaki (Yoshinobu's father, the 9th Lord of Mito)
Hara Hideko as Yoshiko (Princess Tomi) (Yoshinobu's mother)
Nakajima Ayumu as Tokugawa Yoshiatsu (Nariaki's eldest son, the 10th Lord of Mito)
Itagaki Rihito as Tokugawa Akitake (Yoshiatsu and Yoshinobu's half-brother)
Watanabe Ikkei as Fujita Toko (Nariaki's confidant)
Tsuda Kanji as Takeda Kounsai (Nariaki's confidant)
Fujiwara Kisetsu as Fujita Koshiro (Toko's son)

Hitotsubashi House

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Tokugawa Yoshinobu (Nariaki's 7th son, 15th Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate)
- Kasamatsu Motoi as young Yoshinobu
Tsutsumi Shinichi as Hiraoka Enshiro (Yoshinobu's confidant)
Kimura Yoshino as Hiraoka Yasu (Enshiro's wife)
Mimura Rie as Tokushinin (Yoshinobu's grandmother)
Kawaei Rina as Mikagimi (Yoshinobu's legal wife)
Toyama Toshiya as Ikai Katsusaburo (Hitotsubashi House's side servant)
Namioka Kazuki as Kawamura Ejuro (Enshiro's subordinate)

Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa Family

Yoshi Ikuzo (吉幾三) as Tokugawa Ieyoshi (12th Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Watanabe Daichi as Tokugawa Iesada (Ieyoshi's son, the 13th Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Kamishiraishi Mone as Atsugimi (Tenshoin) (Iesada's legal wife)
Minemura Rie as Utahashi (Iesada's nanny)
Isomura Hayato as Tokugawa Iemochi (14th Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Fukagawa Mai as Princess Kazu (Iemochi's legal wife, Emperor Komei's younger half-sister)
Kitaoji Kinya as Tokugawa Ieyasu (1st Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate)

Roju

Kishitani Goro as Ii Naosuke (Chief Minister)
Otani Ryohei as Abe Masahiro (Member of Shogun's Council of Elders)
Satoi Kenta as Hotta Masayoshi (Member of Shogun's Council of Elders)

Hatamoto

Hirata Mitsuru as Kawaji Toshiakira (Chief Financial Official)
Nakamura Yasuhi as Nagai Naoyuki (Coastal Defense)

Fukui Domain

Kaname Jun as Matsudaira Yoshinaga (Shungaku) (Fukui feudal lord)
Koike Teppei as Hashimoto Sanai (Fukui feudal warrior)

Satsuma Domain

Ikeda Narushi as Shimazu Hisamitsu (Lord of Satsuma Domain, guardian of Shigehisa)
Hakata Hanamura (博多華丸) as Saigo Takamori
Ishimaru Kanji as Okubo Toshimichi (Hisamitsu's confidant)
Tokui Yuu as Orita Yozo

Uwajima Domain

Sugawara Daikichi as Date Munenari (8th Head of the Uwajima Domain)

Tosa Domain

Mizukami Ryushi (水上竜士) as Yamauchi Toyoshige (15th Head of the Tosa Domain)

Heian-kyo

Onoe Ukon as Emperor Komei (121st Emperor of Japan)
Yamauchi Takaya as Iwakura Tomomi (Statesman)
Okuda Yohei as Prince Kuni Asahiko (Member of a collateral line of the Imperial family)
Kanai Yuta as Sanjo Sanetomi (Imperial court noble, statesman)

Edo Merchant

Watanabe Toru as Umeda Shinnosuke (Armor dealer in Edo)

People around Eiichi

Tamaki Hiroshi as Takashima Shuhan (Western-style gunner)
Sakou Yoshi as Tone Yoshiharu (Okabe Domain magistrate)
Itabashi Shunya as Sanada Hannosuke (Swordsman)
Yamazaki Ginnojou as Oohashi Totsuan (Edo Confucian scholar)

Foreigners

Morley Robertson as Matthew C. Perry (Commodore of the U.S. Navy)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Omori Mika
Executive Producer: Kashi Hiroshi (菓子浩), Fukuoka Toshitake
Producer: Itagaki Maiko
Director: Kurosaki Hiroshi, Watanabe Tetsuya (渡辺哲也)
Music: Sato Naoki

Notes

On September 17, 2021, the singer-songwriter Vaundy released the single 'Iseijin', which he wrote and composed with inspiration from the drama. A few days later, NHK used the song to promote the drama across all their social media platforms.

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 *'''Director:''' [[Kurosaki Hiroshi]], [[Watanabe Tetsuya]] (渡辺哲也)
 *'''Music:''' [[Sato Naoki]]
+==Notes==
+*On September 17, 2021, the singer-songwriter [[Wikipedia:Vaundy|Vaundy]] released the single 'Iseijin', which he wrote and composed with inspiration from the drama. A few days later, NHK used the song to promote the drama across all their social media platforms.
 ==External Links==