Hideyoshi (Taiga drama)

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
Chronology
Preceded by	Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune
Followed by	Mōri Motonari

Hideyoshi (秀吉) is a 1996 Japanese television series. It is the 35th NHK taiga drama.

Plot

The story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Staff

• Original : Taichi Sakaiya
• Music : Reijirō Koroku
• Titling : Hisaya Morishige
• Narrator : Etsuko Ichihara, Ryuji Miyamoto
• Historical research : Tetsuo Owada

Cast

Starring role

• Naoto Takenaka as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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
• Tōru Watanabe as Maeda Toshiie
• Azusa Nakamura as Maeda Matsu

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
• Mitsuko Yorichika as Oichi - younger sister of Nobunaga
• Akira Nakao as Shibata Katsuie
• Yasunori Danta as Takigawa Kazumasu
• Masahiro Matsuoka as Mori Ranmaru
• Samy Pop as Yasuke

Tokugawa clan

• Masahiko Nishimura as Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Joe Shishido as Honda Masanobu
• Naoya Makoto as Ishikawa Kazumasa

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

Domestic Broadcasting

Around 1997-98, New Jersey Network would air the show subtitled in English on Sunday evenings at 11:00pm EST. Sadly, there is no physical domestic release of this series on VHS or DVD.

External links

• Hideyoshi at the Internet Movie Database