Musashi
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Details
- Name: MUSASHI / 武蔵
- Episodes: 49
- Sub-Genre: Taiga drama, historical
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: January 5 thru December 7, 2003
- Broadcast time: Sundays at 8:00pm
Synopsis
Many Japanese history buffs are familiar with The Book of Five Rings written by Miyamoto Musashi in the 17th century. Musashi's treatise on strategy and the way to lead instantly became the business executive's bible when the translated version hit the bookstores more than three hundred years later.
In 2003, the story of this legendary swordsman-philosopher-painter comes to life in the NHK Taiga Drama MUSASHI. Based on the famous biography written by Yoshikawa Eiji, this taiga drama boasts a list of stars that reads like a Who's Who of screen and television.
Orphaned before he was ten years old, Musashi (his real name is Takezo, so you'll hear his childhood friends call him by that name) grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword, becoming a stronger samurai. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate Duel at Ganryujima.
--KIKU-TV, re-written by groink
Production Credits
- Scriptwriter: Kamata Toshio
- Based on the writings of: Yoshikawa Eiji
- Directed by: Ozaki Mitsunobu
- Theme music: "" by Ennio Morricone
Cast
- Ichikawa Ebizo as Miyamoto Musashi
- Tsutsumi Shinichi as Honiden Matahachi
- Yonekura Ryoko as Otsu
- Matsuoka Masahiro as Sasaki Kojiro
- Miyazawa Rie as Oshino
- Nakai Kiichi as Yagyu Munenori
- Wakui Emi as Orin
- Uchiyama Rina as Akemi
- Kitano Takeshi as Shinmen Munisai
- Katase Rino as Oko
- Nakama Yukie as Yae
- Watase Tsunehiko as Takuan
- Takashima Masanobu as Yagyu Hyougonosuke
- Terashima Shinobu as Aya
- Kitamura Kazuo as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Fujita Makoto as Yagyu Sekishusai
- Enoki Takaaki as Seijuro
- Emori Toru as Akaneya Genzo
- Abe Hiroshi as Gion Touji
- Miura Haruma as Jotaro
Notes
- MUSASHI is the first NHK taiga drama ever to have its name consist of roman characters in the NHK catalog. In all other taiga dramas up to this point (2005), romanization of the series' names occured after production.