Taikoki (Fuji TV)

Taikoki

Details

• Title: 太閤記
• Tagline: サルと呼ばれた男
• Title (romaji): Taikoki
• Tagline (romaji): Saru (Monkey) to Yobareta Otoko
• Format: Tanpatsu
• Genre: Jidaigeki
• Broadcast network: Fuji TV
• Broadcast date: 2003-Dec-27

Synopsis

This tanpatsu documents the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was nicknamed "Saru" because his face was similar to the face of a monkey. He was a very patient and caring lord, as his background was that of a farmer. Hideyoshi would eventually gain power after killing Akechi Mitsuhide, as revenge for the death of Oda Nobunaga. --groink

Cast

• Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Fujiki Naohito as Oda Nobunaga
• Kuninaka Ryoko as Nene (wife of Hideyoshi)
• Ishiguro Ken as Kuroda Yoshitaka
• Miyasako Hiroyuki as Akechi Mitsuhide
• Takahashi Katsumi as Shibata Katsuie
• Kazama Shunsuke as Koichiro
• Matsushige Yutaka as Hachisuka Masakatsu
• Ukaji Takashi as Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Obara Masato (小原雅人) as Maeda Toshiie
• Takasugi Koh (高杉亘) as Niwa Nagahide
• Matsunaga Hiroshi (松永博史) as Sakuma Nobumori
• Tanaka Yoji as Mori Yoshinari
• Mine Rantaro (峰蘭太郎) as Sassa Narimasa
• Inada Tatsuo (稲田龍雄) as Kawajiri Hidetaka
• Nakamaru Shinsho as Imagawa Yoshimoto
• Harada Ryuji as Oguri Chikara
• Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Kuramae Ichiki
• Kikuchi Kinya as Saotome Yutakago
• Kondo Kouen as Koreeda Bee
• Kinkawa Yasuhiro (金替康博) as Madake Shinkura
• Ebata Hiroki as Ujihara Motonaga
• Uemura Kohei (上村光平) as Mori Ranmaru
• Ikeda Narushi (池田成志) as Washio Gennai
• Ayase Haruka as Shino
• Azuma Mikihisa as Katsuragi
• Kitaooji Kinya as Azai Nagamasa
• Toda Keiko as Naka
• Kohinata Fumiyo as Takenaka Shigeharu
• Miyazawa Rie as Oshi
• Nakai Kiichi as Matsushita Kahee
• Daido Shooto (大同翔音) as Shoji Maru

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
• Director: Suzuki Masayuki
• Music: Sahashi Toshihiko