Yoshitsune

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Details

Title: 義経 / Yoshitsune
Episodes: 49
Genre: Taiga drama, historical
Air time: Sunday at 8:00pm
Viewership: TBA
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2005-01-09 to 2005-12-11
See also: Minamoto no Yoshitsune (NHK, 1966)

Synopsis

The 44th NHK Taiga Drama is about the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) (1159 - May 17, 1189) was a late Heian and early Kamakura general of the Minamoto clan of Japan. Yoshitsune was the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. His older brother Minamoto no Yoritomo founded the Kamakura shogunate.

This is the second of two times NHK covered this story. The first time was in the Taiga drama Minamoto no Yoshitsune (NHK, 1966).

Cast

Takizawa Hideaki as Minamoto Yoshitsune / Kuro / Shanao
Matsudaira Ken as Musashibo Benkei
Nanbara Kiyotaka as Ise Saburo
Ujiki Tsuyoshi as Suruga Jiro
Ito Atsushi as Kisanta
Kaito Ken as Sato Tadanobu
Miyauchi Atsushi as Sato Tsugunobu
Ishihara Yoshizumi as Minamoto Noriyori
Oguri Shun as Kajiwara Kagesue
Ueto Aya as Utsubo
Uehara Misa as Tekona
Tsurumi Shingo as Taira Munemori
Abe Hiroshi as Taira Tomomori
Kato Kazuko as Muneko
Hosokawa Shigeki as Taira Shigehira
Kashu Toshiki as Taira Koremori
Ozawa Yukiyoshi as Kiso Yoshinaka
Koike Eiko as Tomoe
Zaizen Naomi as Hojo Masako
Osugi Ren as Minamoto Yukiie
Nakao Akira as Kajiwara Kagetoki
Kobayashi Nenji as Hojo Tokimasa
Matsuzaka Keiko as Tokiko
Nakai Kiichi as Minamoto Yoritomo
Hira Mikijiro as Ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Natsuki Mari as Tango
Kusakari Masao as Taira Tomoyasu
Nakashima Tomoko as Chidori
Shiraishi Kayoko as Otoku (Narrator)
Inamori Izumi as Tokiwa
Natsukawa Yui as Akirakeiko
Moriguchi Yoko as Tsuneko
Toda Naho as Sukeko
Manda Hisako as Akane
Watari Tetsuya as Taira Kiyomori
Ishihara Satomi as Shizuka
Matsushita Naomi as Kamenomae
Koizumi Kotaro Taira Sukemori
Ichikawa Sadanji as Kichiji
Hirano Tadahiko as Taira Morikuni
Watanabe Ikkei as Fujiwara Yasuhira
Nagashima Kazushige as Fujiwara Kunihira
Goto Maki as Yoshiko
Takahashi Hideki as Fujiwara Hidehira
Tanba Tetsuro as Minamoto Yorimasa
Umezu Sakae as Old Man Suzaku
Nakagoshi Noriko as Tokuko
Ohashi Goro as Taira Tokitada
Katsumura Masanobu as Taira Shigemori
Tanaka Minako as Maki
Shiomi Sansei as Kakunichi Risshi
Kawahara Sabu as Kumasaka Chohan
Nakae Yuri as Shigeko
Kitamura Yukiya as Gotari
Niki Terumi as Nun Hikino
Kamiki Ryunosuke as Ushikawa (Shanao as a child)
Miura Koichi as Taira Yorimori
Minakaze Yoko as Ikenozenni Muneko
Osugi Ren as Shingu Juro Yoshimori
Miwa Akihiro as Kiichi Hogen
Ebisu Yoshikazu as Ichijo Naganari
Kato Masaya as Minamoto Yoshitomo
Itoh Takashi
Kimura Akira
Imai Tsubasa as Nasu no Yoichi

Production Credits

Original work: Tale of the Heike and Yoshitsune by Miyao Tomiko
Scenario by: Kaneko Narito
Music by: Iwashiro Taro
Theme song peformed by: NHK Symphony Orchestra
Theme song directed by: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Music performed by: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Data collector: Murakami Genzo
Scenario collaborators: Kawaue Hideyuki, Manabe Yukiko
Subtitler (kanji/'kana characters): Chen Bianjun
Official English subtitles: TV Japan and NHK
Title picture by: Miyata Masayuki
Narrator: Shiraishi Kayoko
Background researcher: Okutomi Tadayuki
Customs/manners researcher: Futaki Ken'ichi
Architecture researcher: Hirai Kiyoshi
Costume researcher: Koizumi Kiyoko
Entertainment researchers: Hashimoto Hiroyuki, Nomura Mannojo
Conduct coach: Saruwaka Seizaburo
Sword battle/military arts coach: Hayashi Kunishiro
Horsemanship coach: Tanaka Koubo
Incense coach: Iwamoto Saeko
Koyto/palace speech coach: Kobayashi Yuri
Suruga speech coach: Kobayashi Yukihiko
Flute coach: Inaba Akinori
Production unifier: Suwabe Akio
Segment narrator (opening dialog): Kakinuma Kaku
Segment narrator (Yoshitsune Travels): Hirano Keiko
Flugel horn performer: Sergei Nakariakov

Notes

NHK aired a 45-minute special called "Yoshitsune Special Talks". The show introduces the inside stories from the production, told by Takizawa Hideaki and the actors who acted Yoshitsune's retainers. Matsuzaka Keiko, the actress who played Tokiko, and Nakai Kiichi, who played Yoritomo Minamotono, will join them as well. Air date: 2005-12-16 23:00-23:43. All times JST.
NHK aired a three-part Yoshitune Highlights series in late December 2005. Each year, the highlights special wraps up the year's taiga drama. This special version rearranged 49 episodes of the drama to trace the well-known episodes in Yoshitsune's life. At the end of each part, Takizawa Hideaki, along with other members in the drama will have a casual talk to introduce memories and stories during the production. Air dates: 2005-12-24 (Part 1) 19:30-20:45, 2005-12-25 (Part 2) 16:45-18:00, and 2005-12-25 (Part 3) 19:30-20:45. All times JST.
NHK released Yoshitsune as a DVD box set on 2006-Mar-24. Price is 31,500円 (roughly US$315.00)

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