Hideyoshi (TV series)
Hideyoshi (秀吉) is a 1996 Japanese historical television series. It is the 35th NHK taiga drama television series.
| Hideyoshi | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Taiga drama |
| Written by | Yō Takeyama |
| Directed by | Yoshiki Nishimura |
| Starring | Naoto Takenaka Yasuko Sawaguchi Masanobu Takashima Hiroaki Murakami Takako Matsu Hidekazu Akai Tōru Watanabe Mayo Suzukaze Narimi Arimori Mitsuko Yorichika Naomi Hosokawa Atsushi Onita Yasunori Danta Masahiko Nishimura Saburō Shinoda Masatō Ibu Kōji Tamaki Akira Nakao Yōko Nogiwa Joe Shishido Masakane Yonekura Ichirō Zaitsu Ikkō Furuya Etsuko Ichihara Hiroyuki Sanada Tatsuya Nakadai Tetsuya Watari |
| Opening theme | NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Composer(s) | Reijirō Koroku |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 49 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NHK |
| Original release | January 1996 – December 1996 |
Plot
The story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Production
Production Credits
- Original – Taichi Sakaiya
- Music – Reijirō Koroku
- Titling – Hisaya Morishige
- Narrator – Etsuko Ichihara, Ryuji Miyamoto
- Historical research – Tetsuo Owada
- Action director – Kunishirō Hayashi
Cast
Starring role
Toyotomi clan
- Yasuko Sawaguchi as One - wife of Hideyoshi
- Etsuko Ichihara as Naka - mother of Hideyoshi
- Ichiro Zaitsu as Chikuami - stepfather of Hideyoshi
- Masanobu Takashima as Toyotomi Hidenaga - younger brother of Hideyoshi
- Naomi Hosokawa as Sato - younger sister of Hideyoshi
- Takako Matsu as Cha-cha - concubine of Hideyoshi
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Ishida Mitsunari
- Shun Oguri as Ishida Mitsunari (teenager)
- Atsushi Onita as Hachisuka Masakatsu
- Ikkō Furuya as Takenaka Hanbei
- Masatō Ibu as Kuroda Kanbei
- Yosuke Asari as young Ukita Hideie
Oda clan
- Tetsuya Watari as Oda Nobunaga
- Hiroaki Murakami as Akechi Mitsuhide
- Narimi Arimori as Tsumaki Hiroko - wife of Mitsuhide
- Yōko Nogiwa as Omaki no kata - mother of Mitsuhide
- Eriko Tamura as Akechi Tama
- Mitsuko Yorichika as Oichi - younger sister of Nobunaga
- Akira Nakao as Shibata Katsuie
- Yasunori Danta as Takigawa Kazumasu
- Saburō Shinoda as Niwa Nagahide
- Masahiro Matsuoka as Mori Ranmaru
- Samy Pop as Yasuke
- Tōru Watanabe as Maeda Toshiie
- Azusa Nakamura as Maeda Matsu
Others
- Hidekazu Akai as Ishikawa Goemon - best friend of Hideyoshi
- Mayo Suzukaze as Otaki - wife of Goemon
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Sen no Rikyū - a tea master
- Kōji Tamaki as Ashikaga Yoshiaki - the 15th and last shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
- Aki Yashiro as Osen
- Osamu Saka as Satomura Joha
- Terry O'brien as Luís Fróis
- Masakane Yonekura as Imagawa Yoshimoto
- Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Saitō Dōsan
- Kiyoshi Nakajō as Ankokuji Ekei
Broadcasting in the United States
Circa 1997–98, New Jersey Network would air the show subtitled in English on Sunday evenings at 11:00pm EST. However, there is no physical domestic release of this series on VHS or DVD.
References
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