Gunshi Kanbei
| Gunshi Kanbei | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Yoichi Maekawa |
| Directed by | Kenji Tanaka |
| Starring |
Junichi Okada Miki Nakatani Akira Terao Shōsuke Tanihara Tori Matsuzaka Yuki Uchida Toma Ikuta Shunpūtei Koasa Fumi Nikaidō Tetsushi Tanaka Mirei Kiritani Gaku Hamada Mokomichi Hayami Issei Takahashi Kei Tanaka Mitsuki Takahata Kazuhiro Yamaji Tsurutaro Kataoka Takanori Jinnai Shingo Tsurumi Masatō Ibu Hitomi Kuroki Yōsuke Eguchi Naoto Takenaka Kyōhei Shibata |
| Theme music composer | Yugo Kanno |
| Composer(s) | Yugo Kanno |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Takashi Nakamura |
| Running time |
48 x 45 minutes 2 x 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NHK |
| Original release | January 5 – December 21, 2014 |
| Website | |
Gunshi Kanbei (軍師官兵衛 Gunshi Kanbee) is the 53rd NHK Taiga drama. Broadcast of the series began on January 5, 2014.[1] It features Junichi Okada as the main character and depicts the life of Kanbei, a retainer of Kodera Masamoto, daimyo of Harima Province, and a strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Story
The drama tells the story of Kuroda Kanbei, a son of Kuroda Mototaka, chief retainer of Kodera Masamoto who ruled Harima Province (currently Hyōgo Prefecture) in the 16th century. In troubled times, Kanbei persuades Kodera to join forces with the all-powerful Oda Nobunaga. Though imprisoned by Araki Murashige and lamed for life, Kanbei endures hardships and later becomes a strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His son Kuroda Nagamasa serves Tokugawa Ieyasu after the death of Toyotomi.
Staff
- Screenwriter : Yoichi Maekawa
- Music : Yugo Kanno
- Titling : Shoshu
- Narrator : Shiho Fujimura→Shuko Hirose
- Historical research : Tetsuo Owada
- Architectural research : Kiyoshi Hirai
- Clothing research : Kiyoko Koizumi
- Production coordinator : Takashi Nakamura
- Director : Kenji Tanaka, Kazuhiro Motoki
- Performed by Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
- Theme performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra
Cast
Banner of "Gunshi Kanbei" in Himeji
Kuroda family
- Kuroda Kanbei: Junichi Okada
- Teru: Miki Nakatani
- Kuroda Nagamasa: Tori Matsuzaka
- Kuroda Mototaka: Kyōhei Shibata
- Kuroda Kyumu: Daisuke Ryu
- Kuroda Shigetaka: Raita Ryu
- Kuriyama Zensuke: Gaku Hamada
- Mori Tahei: Mokomichi Hayami
- Inoue Kuroemon: Issei Takahashi
- Gotō Mototsugu: Takashi Tsukamoto
- Mori Kohei: Sansei Shiomi
- Mori Buhei: Masaru Nagai
- Ito: Mitsuki Takahata
- Omichi: Rila Fukushima
- Eihime: Miyu Yoshimoto
"Kanbei Train"
Ibuki
- Ibuki Zenemon: Isao Bito
- Tatsu: Nao Minamisawa
Kodera Clan
- Kodera Masamoto: Tsurutaro Kataoka
- Kon: Saki Takaoka
- Kushihashi Sakyonosuke: Toru Masuoka
- Kushihashi Sayonoshin: Nobuaki Kaneko
- Ogō Yoshitoshi: Tsutomu Isobe
Oda Clan
- Oda Nobunaga: Yosuke Eguchi
- No: Yuki Uchida
- Akechi Mitsuhide: Shunputei Koasa
- Niwa Nagahide: Hiroshi Katsuno
- Shibata Katsuie: Yoshimasa Kondo
- Tsuchida Gozen: Naoko Otani
- Yasuke: Bernard Ackah
Toyotomi Clan
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Naoto Takenaka
- One: Hitomi Kuroki
- Takenaka Hanbei: Shosuke Tanihara
- Hachisuka Koroku: Pierre Taki
- Ishida Mitsunari: Kei Tanaka
- Cha-cha: Fumi Nikaidō
- Fukushima Masanori: Hideo Ishiguro
- Katō Kiyomasa: Shinnosuke Abe
- Toyotomi Hidetsugu:Akiyoshi Nakao
- Konishi Yukinaga: Shugo Oshinari
- Magdalena: Mako Ishino
- Sassa Narimasa: Ryosuke Otani
- Ukita Hideie: Kouhei Takeda
- Kobayakawa Hideaki: Yōsuke Asari
- Ōtani Yoshitsugu: Shingo Murakami
- Ōno Harunaga: Yasuhito Shimao
Tokugawa Clan
- Tokugawa Ieyasu: Akira Terao
- Ii Naomasa: Mikihisa Azuma
- Honda Tadakatsu: Masayuki Shionoya
- Sakakibara Yasumasa: Ikuji Nakamura
Mōri Clan
- Mōri Terumoto: Kota Miura
- Kobayakawa Takakage: Shingo Tsurumi
- Kikkawa Motoharu: Kazutoyo Yoshimi
- Ankokuji Ekei: Kazuhiro Yamaji
- Ukita Naoie: Takanori Jinnai
- Shimizu Muneharu: Takashi Ukaji
- Kikkawa Motonaga: Masayuki Deai
Others
- Araki Murashige: Tetsushi Tanaka
- Dashi: Mirei Kiritani
- Ashikaga Yoshiaki: Mitsuru Fukikoshi[2]
- Sen no Rikyū: Masatō Ibu
- Takayama Ukon: Toma Ikuta
- Maeda Toshiie: Tadashi Yokouchi
- Yoshida Kanemi: Masami Horiuchi
- Otsuru: Yui Ichikawa
- Ōtomo Sōrin: Tsunehiko Kamijō
- Utsunomiya Shigefusa: Takehiro Murata
- Hōjō Ujimasa: Goro Ibuki
- Matsunaga Hisahide: Mickey Curtis
- Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino: Bob Werley
Books
- NHK Taiga drama story Gunshi Kanbei vol.1 ISBN 978-4-14-923345-1 (Official guide)
- Yoichi Maekawa and Kuniko Aoki, "Taiga drama Gunshi Kanbei", Tokyo, NHK Publishing Co., Ltd., 2014 (novelisation)
References
- ↑ Corkill, Edan (1 January 2014). "NHK’s yearlong drama ‘Gunshi Kanbei’ takes cues from Korean success stories". Japan Times. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- 1 2 Yoichi Maekawa, NHK Taiga drama story Gunshi Kanbei vol.1, Tokyo: NHK Publishing Co., Ltd., 2014
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