Seiten wo Tsuke

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
• Original soundtrack: Seiten wo Tsuke OST

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 Kobayashi Masahito as young 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 as Shibusawa Tei (Eiichi's younger sister) Ono Rina as Shibusawa Utako (Eiichi & Chiyo's older daughter) Yamazaki Kaho (山崎香歩) as young Utako Yamasaki Chisato (山崎千聖 ) as child Utako Tamura Kentaro as Hotsumi Nobushige (Utako's husband) Izumisawa Yuuki as Shibusawa Tokuji (Eiichi & Chiyo's son) Saito Kento as young Tokuji Fujimatsu Shoko (藤松祥子) as Shibusawa Atsuko (Tokuji's wife) Kasamatsu Sho as Shibusawa Keizo (Tokuji's older son) Takao Ouga (塚尾桜雅) as young Keizo (Tokuji's younger son) Moriguchi Taito (森口太翔) as Shibusawa Nobuo Ikeda Akana as Shibusawa Kotoko (Eiichi & Chiyo's younger daughter) Mori Miria (森美理愛) as young Kotoko Uchino Kenta as Sakatani Yoshiro (Kotoko's husband) Nimura Sawa as Ohuchi Kuni Yagi Yuki as Shibusawa Fumiko (Eiichi & Kuni's daughter) Yamamoto Risa (山本理楽) as young Fumiko Oshima Yuko as Shibusawa Kaneko (Eiichi's second wife) Yamaguchi Daichi as Shibusawa Takenosuke (Eiichi & Kaneko's oldest son) Kato Ouka (加藤櫻華) as young Takenosuke Takeuchi Toshi as Shibusawa Masao (Eiichi & Kaneko's older son) Banka Tenta as young Masao Endo Kenshin as Shibusawa Hideo (Eiichi & Kaneko's youngest son) Kikuchi Takuma (菊池拓眞) as young Hideo 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) Iwasaki Aiko (岩﨑愛子) as young Chiyo 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) Hasegawa Kimihiko as Nakane Chojuro Onoue Hiroyuki as Hara Ichinoshin

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) Kawaguchi Satoru as Iwase Tadanari Shinsengumi Machida Keita as Hijikata Toshizo Fukui Domain Kaname Jun as Matsudaira Yoshinaga (Shungaku) (Fukui feudal lord) Koike Teppei as Hashimoto Sanai (Fukui feudal warrior) Satsuma Domain Niiro Shinya as Shimazu Nariakira 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 Dean Fujioka as Godai Saisuke 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) Horiuchi Masami as Nakayama Tadayasu 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) New government Yamazaki Ikusaburo as Ito Hirobumi Ohkura Koji as Okuma Shigenobu Asakura Aki as Okuma Ayako Fukushi Seiji as Inoue Kaoru Masuda Shuichiro as Eto Shinpei Ishimaru Kenjiro as Hara Takashi Kondo Yoshimasa as Shidehara Kijuro Hankai Kazuaki as Komura Jutaro Komai Ren as Inoue Sueko Miura Masaki as Maejima Hisoka Takagi Wataru as Tamano Yofumi Kamimura Kaisei as Akamatsu Noriyoshi

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, NHK Symphony Orchestra (NHK交響楽団), Tadaaki Otaka, Miura Kazuma, Ooya Motoko (大矢素子)

Episode Ratings

See Seiten wo Tsuke/Episode Ratings

Recognitions

• 110th Television Drama Academy Awards (Fall 2021): Best Actor - Yoshizawa Ryo
• 110th Television Drama Academy Awards (Fall 2021): Best Supporting Actor - Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
• 25th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Summer 2021): Best Actor - Yoshizawa Ryo

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.

External Links

• English Wikipedia
• Japanese Wikipedia
• Official Website
• Official Twitter
• Official Instagram

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