Hojo Tokimune

Izumi Motoya as Hojo Tokimune
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Details

Title: 北条時宗 (ほうじょうときむね)
Title (romaji): Hojo Tokimune
Genre: Jidaigeki
Episodes: 49
Viewership ratings: 19.6 (1st ep), 21.2 (higest ep), 18.5 (average)
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2001-Jan-7 to 2001-Dec-9
Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

The 40th NHK Taiga Drama is Hojo Tokimune. It tells the dramatic and turbulent life of young shikken Hojo Tokimune, and his successful defense of Japan from invasion by Mongolia in the 1200's. It is a tragic story of betrayal and clan wars and Hojo Tokimune is at the center of it all.

The main focus of the story is Hojo Tokiyori's older sons, their relationship, and their views and actions concerning Kublai Khan's attempted invasion. The two brothers, Tokimune and Tokisuke, are torn apart by politics.

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle
01	The Kamakura Shock
02	Two Mothers
03	Confrontation of the Brothers
04	Resistance
05	A Turbulent Trip
06	Love in Hakata
07	Regent-in-Training
08	The Missing Bride
09	Duel
10	On One's Own
11	Tokiyori's Death
12	Assassination
13	A Huge Crossroad
14	Tokisuke's Banishment
15	Mother's Insanity
16	A New Shogun
17	Kublai's Shadow
18	Kublai's Correspondence
19	To Fight or Submit
20	The Young Regent
21	The First Battle
22	Darkness in Kyoto
23	The Hostages
24	A Letter from Korea
25	Final Warning
26	A Brothers' Bond
27	Treason Unforgiven
28	Kill My Brother!
29	Farewell Brother
30	An Elder's Death
31	Order to Attack
32	To Hakata
33	The Night Before the Attack
34	Mongol Invasion, Part I
35	Mongol Invasion, Part II
36	Mongol Invasion, Part III
37	Mysterious Retreat
38	Offense or Defense
39	The Targeted Princess
40	The Missing Messengers
41	Thou Shall Not Kill
42	As Long As I Live

Subtitles from the TV Network Japan English-subtitled version.

Cast

Hojo Tokuso Family

Izumi Motoya as Hojo Tokimune
- Koike Jotaro (小池城太朗) as Shojumaru / Tokimune
- Asari Yosuke as Tokimune
Watabe Atsuro as Hojo Tokisuke
- Ota Mitsuki (太田光輝) as Hojumaru (4 years old)
- Tokai Konosuke (東海孝之助) as Hojumaru / Tokitoshi
- Sakimoto Hiromi as Tokitoshi / Tokisuke
Hiruma Yoshinori (比留間由哲) as Hojo Munemasa
- Matsukawa Shinnosuke (松川真之介) as Fukujumaru
- Kawahara Kazuma (川原一馬) as Fukujumaru
Watanabe Ken as Hojo Tokiyori
Asano Atsuko as Akirako
Nishida Hikaru as Noriko
- Yoshitani Ayako (吉谷彩子) as Noriko
- Kodama Mana (児玉真菜) as Noriko
Toake Yukiyo as Kakuzanni
Saho Yuki (佐保祐樹) as Hojo Sadatoki
- Kaneko Yu (金子雄) as Kojumaru
- Koike Jotaro (小池城太朗)
Tomosaka Rie as Shoko
- Kurokawa Mei as Shoko
Suzuki Fujimaru (鈴木藤丸) as Hojo Tokitoshi
- Shimizu Kyo (清水響) as Meijumaru
- Nakano Yuushi (中野勇士)
Fukuda Mayuko as Atsuko
- Asada Honoka (朝田帆香)
Shinohara Ryoko as Lady Sanuki
Fuji Sumiko (富司純子) as Matsushita Zenni
Ono Takehiko as Adachi Yoshikage
Hirata Miho (平田洸帆) as Akiko
Yanagiba Toshiro as Adachi Yasumori
Makise Riho as Rinko
Matano Akio (又野彰夫) as Adachi Tokimori
Hiranuma Norihisa (平沼紀久) as Adachi Morimune
Izumi Sachi (泉沙池) as Yoshiko
Ikehata Shinnosuke (池畑慎之介) as Hojo Sanetoki
Kimura Tae as Takako
Masuda Keiko as Chikako
Yamaguchi Makiya as Hojo Akitoki
Otomiya Yume (乙宮ゆめ) as Takiko
- Hamana Ayaka (浜名彩香)
Hira Mikijiro as Hojo Shigetoki
Haga Kenji as Hojo Tokishige
Kawasaki Mayo as Hojo Nagatoki
Miyasako Hiroyuki as Hojo Yoshimune
Watanabe Toru (渡辺徹) as Hojo Yoshimasa
Hanabusa Yuka (英由佳) as Hideko
Ishibashi Renji as Hojo Tokihiro
Ito Shiro as Hojo Masamura
Asari Yosuke (浅利陽介) as Hojo Takatoki
Munechika Harumi (宗近晴見) as Taira no Moritsuna
Kitamura Kazuki as Hachiro / Taira no Yoritsuna
Terajima Shinobu as Sadako
Uesugi Yoichi (上杉陽一) as Suwa Morishige
Tsutsui Yasutaka as Mugaku Sogen
Ujiki Tsuyoshi as Takesaki Suenaga
Morita Ganz (森田ガンツ) as a Takesaki vassal
Konishi Hiroyuki (小西博之) as Kikuchi Takefusa
Ijima Daisuke (飯島大介) as Otomo Yoriyasu
Oki Satoshi (大木聡) as Shimazu Hisatsune
Nasa Kenji (奈佐健臣) as Kono Michiari
Dankan (ダンカン) as Hita Nagamoto
Noguchi Takashi (野口貴史) as Shoni Sukeyoshi
Kawano Taro (川野太郎) as Shoni Kagesuke
Aono Takeshi (青野武) as Nikaido Yukitsuna
Horibe Ryuichi (堀部隆一) as Nakahara Morotsura
Murota Hideo (室田日出男) as Hattori Shozaemon
Hirao Yoshiki (平尾良樹) as a vassal
Inuzuka Toshiaki (犬塚敏昭) as a vassal
Ishikawa Yutaka (石川豊) as a vassal
Kobayashi Hisakazu (小林久和) as a vassal
Hira Yuki (平雄毅) as a vassal
Kyogoku Ayumu (京極歩) as a vassal
Fujioka Taiki (藤岡大樹) as a vassak
Kubota Katsunori (久保田克典) as a vassal
Hirano Asako (平野朝子) as an attendant
Chiba Seijiro (千葉清次郎) as a vassal
Hara Shota (原笙太) as Yumemaru (Tokisuke's vassal)
Tasaki Toshimichi (田崎敏路) as a vassal
Sawayama Yuji (澤山雄次) as a vassal
Kobayashi Kazunaga (小林一永) as Oda Tokiie (a councillor)
Kyutaro (九太朗) as a councillor

Anti-Tokuso Forces

Tsukayama Masane as Miura Yasumura
Endo Kenichi as Miura Mitsumura
Takahashi Hideki as Mori Suemitsu
Otani Naoko as Toko (藤子) / Tosenni
Hakuryu (白竜) as Hojo Tokiakira
Suzuki Yuji (鈴木祐二/神尾佑) as Hojo Noritoki
Nishioka Tokuma as Ashikaga Yasuuji
Harada Mieko as Kikyo
Omi Toshinori as Ashikaga Yoriuji (Toshiuji)
- Atsuki Takuro (厚木拓郎) as Toshiuji
- Ando Ippei (安藤一平) as Toshiuji
Shundo Mitsutoshi (俊藤光利) as Ashikaga Ietoki
- Uchiyama Koki (内山昂輝) as Ietoki
Ehara Shinjiro (江原真二郎) as Ko no Morouji
Omori Keishiro (大森啓嗣朗) as Uesugi Shigefusa

The Imperial Court

Ukaji Takashi as Kujo Yoritsune
Tokura Yuki (土倉有貴) as Kujo Yoritsugu
- Iyama Nobuhiro (伊山伸洋)
Nishiyama Saori (西山紗織) as Hiwada-hime
Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Prince Munetaka
- Aigase Ryuuji (相ヶ瀬龍史)
Kawahara Ayako as Saishi
Fujinuma Yutaka as Prince Koreyasu
- Kosaka Fuma (小阪風真) as Koreyasu
- Yamauchi Tsubasa (山内翼) as Koreyasu
Kinouchi Yorihito (木之内頼仁) as Emperor Go-Saga
Matsuda Yoji (松田洋治) as Emperor Kameyama
Inoue Jun as Ichijo Sanetsune
Oki Minoru (大木実) as Saionji Saneuji
Miura Satoshi (三浦諭) as Takatsukasa Mototada
Tanimoto Hajime (谷本一) as Nijo Yoshizane
Miyauchi Atsushi (宮内敦士) as Konoe Motohira
Saikawa Kazuo (斉川一夫) as Sugawara no Naganari
Nakayama Katsumi as Fujiwara no Motoie
Yamazaki Kaido (山崎海童) as a noble
Nagasawa Koichi (長澤功一) as a noble
Yoshida Tetta (吉田徹太) as Nakamikado Sanetaka
Yajima Keifu (八嶋渓風) as the poet
Maruno Tamotsu (丸野保) as the high priest Ryoki
Aikawa Yasumi (愛川泰未) as a court lady
Kawahara Terumi (河原輝美) as a court lady
Ito Hiroko (伊藤博子) as a court lady
Kawaguchi Hitomi (川口瞳) as a court lady

The Mongol Empire

Basen Zhabu (バーサンジャブ) as Kublai Khan
デルゲル as Mongke Khan
アヤンガ as Chinkim Khan
- ホルチンビリグ as Chinkim
アブリミティ・イズマイル as Ahmad Fanakati
シュレンホアル (シュウレンホアル) as Chabui
ソヨルダライ as Yao Shu
タイルイ as Pu Shou-Geng
Nishikino Akira (錦野旦) as Hanpu
蘇国民 as Cho I (趙彝)
叔木羅 as Heuk Jeok (黒的)
庸宋徳 as Eun Hong (殷弘)
海英切 as Niccolo Polo
克来刻 as Maffeo Polo
Xiu Zong Di as Zhao Liang Bi
方光錫 as Kim Yu Seong (金有成)
Kimura Koichi (木村公一) as Go Yu (高柔)
ハストゥル as the Crown Prince of Korea
宝山 as Kublai's retainer
ダンバー as ムンスズ (Kublai's retainer)
戴書華 as Kim Bang Gyeong
蔡賢鋒 as the Mongol soldier
修健 as Xin Du (忻都)
薄宏 as Liu Fu Xiang (劉復享)
翁華栄 as Hong Da Gu (洪茶丘)
カイサル・ラフマン as an envoy
ソンジョンナム as an envoy
コンソンチャン as an envoy
チェザンウォン as an envoy
張寧 as an envoy
任力 as an envoy
Li Yan (李琰) as Du Shi Zhong
Zhao Xiao Qun (趙暁群) as He Wen Zhuo (何文著)
Dario Ponissi (ダリオ・ポニッスィ) as Marco Polo

The Merchants

Kitaoji Kinya as Sha Kokumei
Matsushige Yutaka as Sha Taro
Kimura Yoshino as Toko (桐子)
- Isobe Shiori (磯部詩織) as Toko
- Murano Mia as Toko
Kimura Yoshino as Fuki
Fuji Ayako (藤あや子) as Misaki
Kanda Uno as Renge
Fuji Tatsuya as Sashi Fusashi
Takabatake Yusuke (高畑雄亮) as Sashi Naosu
- Osawa Yusuke (大澤佑介) as Naosu
- Kobayashi Genki (小林元樹)
Kinugasa Tomoaki (衣笠友章) as Sashi Tomaru
- Tanaka Taiga (田中大河/大河) as Tomaru
- Moriwaki Fumito (森脇史登)
Yoshimori Kyota (吉守京太) as Sashi Isamu / Yasaburo
- Tokiwa Yuki (常盤祐貴) as Isamu
- Kudo Ikumi (工藤幾未)
Tsubouchi Shinji (坪内晋司) as the Matsura-to lookout
Nishiwaki Reimon (西脇礼門) as a merchant
Sato Jiro (佐藤二郎) as a merchant

Others

Mitsuhashi Yosuke (三觜要介) as Ashikaga Takauji
Kakuda Nobuaki (角田信朗) as Taira no Kagetaka
Uzaki Ryudo (宇崎竜童) as Amano Tsuneyo
Kashiwagi Yukiko (柏木由紀子) as Hatsu
Okuda Eiji as Nichiren
Takahashi Shin (高橋伸) as Nissho
Adachi Daisuke (安達大介) as Nichiro
- Futami Fumitatsu (二見史龍)
- Kimura Takato (木村貴登)
Kishida Satoshi as Reisen
Shoji Eiken (庄司永建) as Asakawa Heihachiro
Kiyokawa Nijiko (清川虹子) as Kisaragi
Moro Morooka as the chief of the villains
Abe Satoko (安部聡子) as Kiki
Mukai Kaoru (向井薫) as Wakana
Minami Akiko (南明子) as Chisato
Kase Koichi (加世幸市) as Yadoya Mitsunori
Sugawara Shoko (菅原祥子) as an attendant
Miyakita Yuki (宮北由季) as an attendant
Murakami Wataru (村上航) as Tojiro
Fukuda Katsuhiro (福田勝洋) as Shijo Kingo
Yamashita Masahiro (山下真広) as a vassal
Shimada Yukari (島田ゆかり) as an attendant
Kawashima Yosuke (川島庸介) as a vassal
Kaneko Tatsu (金子達) as a priest
Tanno Yoshiyuki (丹野由之) as a vassal
Mori Kiyuki (森喜行) as a Kyushu vassal
Fukunaga Yukio (福永幸男) (ep30-31) as a Kyushu vassal
Ohira Hideki (大平英輝) (ep30-31) as a Kyushu vassal
Takada Toyozo (高田豊三) as a fisherman
Nakano Kaoru (中野薫) as a fisherman
Takamiya Tetsuya (高宮哲也) as a fisherman
Mineo Susumu (峯尾進) as Choichiro
Tsuruta Azuma (鶴田東) as the head clerk
Kuwana Waku (桑名湧) as a citizen
Hara Takatoshi (原隆俊) as a citizen
Nakagaki Koji (中垣浩二) as a citizen
Ishii Akiko (石井亜貴子) as a citizen
Nakamura Yukiko (中村由紀子) as a citizen
Takaoka Yoshimasa (高岡良昌) as an Adachi vassal
Ikeda Takeshi (池田武志) as a servant
- Minor Cast & Guests

Production Credits

Original writing: Takahashi Katsuhiko (高橋克彦) Tokimune
Screenwriter: Inoue Yumiko (ep01-42)
Chief producer: Abe Yasuhiko (阿部康彦) (ep01-42)
Directors: Yoshimura Yoshiyuki (吉村芳之) (ep01-04,08-10,13-14,22,24,27-29,34-35,37,41), Yoshikawa Kunio (吉川邦夫) (ep05-07,11-12,17-18,21), Watanabe Yoshio (渡邊良雄) (ep15-16), Shirotani Atsushi (城谷厚司) (ep19-20,25,30-31,38-39), Yoshida Hiroki (吉田浩樹) (ep23,26,40), Manabe Hitoshi (真鍋斎) (ep32-33,36,42)
Music: Kuriyama Kazuki (栗山和樹) (ep01-42)
Narrator: Toake Yukiyo (ep01-42)

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