Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

*Reach Beyond the Blue Sky*
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
	Promotional poster
Written by	Mika Ōmori
Directed by	Hiroshi Kurosaki and others
Starring	Ryo Yoshizawa; Kengo Kora; Ai Hashimoto; Tsuyoshi Kusanagi; Seiichi Tanabe; Shinnosuke Mitsushima; Shō Kasamatsu; Yuko Oshima; Yūki Izumisawa; Dean Fujioka; Ikusaburo Yamazaki; Hayato Isomura; Hanamaru Hakata; Kanji Ishimaru; Kōji Ōkura; Naoto Takenaka; Yoshino Kimura; Emi Wakui; Issey Ogata; Shinichi Tsutsumi; Kin'ya Kitaōji; Nakamura Shikan VIII; Kaoru Kobayashi;
Narrated by	Nami Morimoto
Theme music composer	Naoki Satō
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	41
Production
Producer	Maiko Itagaki
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	February 14, 2021

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (青天せいてんを衝つけ, Seiten o Tsuke) is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryo Yoshizawa as Shibusawa Eiichi, a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". The series is the 60th NHK taiga drama, premiered on February 14, 2021.^[1]

Cast[edit]

People of Chiaraijima village[edit]

Shibusawa family[edit]

Ryo Yoshizawa as Shibusawa Eiichi (also known as Eijirō, Eiichirō, Tokudayū, Tokutarō)
- Masahito Kobayashi as young Eiichi
Kaoru Kobayashi as Shibusawa Ichirōemon, Eiichi's father
Emi Wakui as Shibusawa Ei, Eiichi's mother
Eri Murakawa as Shibusawa Naka, Eiichi's older sister
- Nanoha Oda as young Naka
Ryōko Fujino as Shibusawa Tei, Eiichi's younger sister
- Honoka Yoshida as young Tei
Kengo Kora as Shibusawa Kisaku (later known as Shibusawa Seiichirō), Eiichi's cousin
- Shūto Ishikawa as young Kisaku
Riko Narumi as Shibusawa Yoshi, Kisaku's wife
Sei Hiraizumi as Shibusawa Sōsuke, Eiichi's uncle
Mayumi Asaka as Shibusawa Masa, Eiichi's aunt
Rina Ono as Shibusawa Uta, Eiichi's daughter
- Chisato Yamasaki as young Uta
Sawa Nimura as Ōuchi Kuni
Yūki Izumisawa as Shibusawa Tokuji
Shō Kasamatsu as Shibusawa Keizo
Kentarō Tamura as Hozumi Nobushige
Kenta Uchino as Sakatani Yoshirō
Akana Ikeda as Shibusawa Kotoko
Yuko Oshima as Itō Kaneko, Eiichi's second wife
Yūki Yagi as Shibusawa Fumiko

Odaka family[edit]

Seiichi Tanabe as Odaka Junchū, Chiyo's older brother
Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Odaka Chōshichirō
- Kōsei Sutō as young Chōshichirō
Ai Hashimoto as Odaka Chiyo, Eiichi's first wife
- Aiko Iwasaki as young Chiyo
Kenshi Okada as Odaka Heikurō (later known as Shibusawa Heikurō), Eiichi's cousin
- Haru Takagi as young Heikurō
Satomi Tezuka as Odaka Yahe, Odaka family's mother
Mai Tezuka as Odaka Kise, Junchū's wife
Mei Hata as Odaka Yū, Junchū's daughter

Mito Domain[edit]

Naoto Takenaka as Tokugawa Nariaki, Yoshinobu's father and the 9th Lord of Mito
Hideko Hara as Yoshiko, Yoshinobu's mother
Ayumu Nakajima as Tokugawa Yoshiatsu, Nariaki's eldest son and the 10th Lord of Mito
Rihito Itagaki as Tokugawa Akitake, Yoshiatsu and Yoshinobu's half-brother
Ikkei Watanabe as Fujita Tōko, Nariaki's confidant
Kanji Tsuda as Takeda Kōunsai, Nariaki's confidant
Kisetsu Fujiwara as Fujita Koshirō, Tōko's son

Hitotsubashi House[edit]

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi^[2] as Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun
- Motoi Kasamatsu as Shichirōmaro (young Yoshinobu)
Shinichi Tsutsumi as Hiraoka Enshirō, Yoshinobu's confidant
Yoshino Kimura as Hiraoka Yasu, Enshirō's wife
Rie Mimura as Tokushin-in, Yoshinobu's grandmother
Rina Kawaei as Mika-gimi (Ichijō Mikako), Yoshinobu's wife
Toshiya Tōyama as Ikai Katsusaburō, Hitotsubashi House's side servant
Kazuki Namioka as Kawamura Ejūrō, Enshirō's subordinate
Kimihiko Hasegawa as Nakane Chōjūrō
Minosuke as Kurokawa Kahei
Hiroyuki Onoue as Hara Ichinoshin

Tokugawa shogunate[edit]

Tokugawa family[edit]

Yoshi Ikuzō as Tokugawa Ieyoshi, the 12th shogun
Daichi Watanabe (Kuroneko Chelsea) as Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun
Mone Kamishiraishi as Tenshō-in Atsuhime, Iesada's wife
Rie Minemura as Utahashi, Iesada's nanny
Hayato Isomura as Tokugawa Iemochi, the 14th shogun
Mai Fukagawa as Princess Kazu, Iemochi's wife and Emperor Kōmei's younger half-sister

Rōjū[edit]

Gorō Kishitani as Ii Naosuke, the tairō
Ryohei Otani as Abe Masahiro, member of Shogun's Council of Elders
Kenta Satoi as Hotta Masayoshi, member of Shogun's Council of Elders
Hiroyuki Sase as Kuze Hirochika
Ryūnosuke Karasawa as Naitō Nobuchika
Rikiya Koyama as Sakai Tadashige
Takeshi Matsumura as Mizuno Tadakiyo

Hatamoto[edit]

Mitsuru Hirata as Kawaji Toshiakira, Chief Financial Official
Yasuhi Nakamura as Nagai Naoyuki, Coastal Defense
Satoru Kawaguchi as Iwase Tadanari

Shinsengumi[edit]

Keita Machida as Hijikata Toshizō

Others[edit]

Jun Shison as Sugiura Aizō
Mansaku Ikeuchi as Kurimoto Joun
Sō Yamanaka as Tanabe Taichi
Akira Okamori as Mukōyama Kazufumi
Yoshihiko Hosoda as Dr. Takamatsu Ryōun
Atsuhiro Inukai as Fukuchi Gen'ichirō
Shinji Takeda as Oguri Kozukenosuke (Tadamasa)
Miou Tanaka as Tanuma Okitaka
Hiroshi Yamamoto as Yamataka Nobuakira

Aizu and Kuwana Domains[edit]

Seiichi Kohinata as Matsudaira Katamori
Shunpei Kohinata as Matsudaira Sadaaki

Fukui Domain[edit]

Jun Kaname as Matsudaira Yoshinaga, a.k.a. Matsudaira Shungaku, Fukui feudal lord
Teppei Koike as Hashimoto Sanai, Fukui feudal warrior

Satsuma Domain[edit]

Shin'ya Niiro as Shimazu Nariakira, 28th Head of the Shimazu clan
Narushi Ikeda as Shimazu Hisamitsu, Lord of Satsuma Domain and the guardian of Shigehisa
Hanamaru Hakata as Saigō Takamori
Kanji Ishimaru as Ōkubo Toshimichi, Hisamitsu's confidant
Yu Tokui as Orita Yōzō
Dean Fujioka as Godai Tomoatsu
Ryūnosuke Matsumura as Mishima Michitsune
Joe Hyūga as Kawamura Sumiyoshi

The imperial court[edit]

Onoe Ukon II as Emperor Kōmei, 121st Emperor of Japan
Naoki Inukai as Emperor Meiji, 122nd Emperor of Japan
- Suzuri Shibasaki as Prince Sachi
Takaya Yamauchi as Iwakura Tomomi
Yōhei Okuda as Prince Kuni Asahiko
Yuta Kanai as Sanjō Sanetomi
Keiichirō Mori as Nijō Nariyuki
Mizuki Tsujimoto as Empress Eishō
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Ōgimachisanjō Sanenaru
Masami Horiuchi as Nakayama Tadayasu

Foreigners[edit]

Morley Robertson as Matthew C. Perry, a commodore of the U.S. Navy
Blake Crawford as Henry A. Adams
Charles Glover as Townsend Harris
Kyle Card as Ernest Mason Satow
Ian Moore as Harry Parkes
Alexandre Sagar as Alexander von Siebold
Greg Dale as Paul Flury-Hérard
Didier Carelock as Léon Roches
Jeffrey Rowe as Charles de Montblanc
Julien Jaulin as Napoleon III
Marie Moilliet as Eugénie de Montijo
Nozomi de Lencquesaing as Mermet de Cachon
Arno Le Gall as Leopold II of Belgium
Massimo Biondi as Paul Brunat
Riccardo Balzarini as Alexander Allan Shand
Frederic Benoliel as Ulysses S. Grant
Michelle Take as Julia Grant
Brent Olian as Jesse Grant
Gaetano Totaro as Theodore Roosevelt
Neil Garrison as William Howard Taft
Dong Hao as Sun Yat-sen
Ricky Anderson as Frank A. Vanderlip
Jamie Schyy as George Eastman
Don Johnson as Lyman J. Gage

The new government[edit]

Ikusaburo Yamazaki as Itō Hirobumi
Kōji Ōkura as Ōkuma Shigenobu
Aki Asakura as Ōkuma Ayako, Shigenobu's wife
Shūichirō Masuda as Etō Shinpei
Masaki Miura as Maejima Hisoka
Wataru Takagi as Tamano Yofumi
Kaisei Kamimura as Akamatsu Noriyoshi
Seiji Fukushi as Inoue Kaoru
Reika Manaki as Inoue Takeko
Ren Komai as Inoue Sueko
Kazuaki Hankai as Komura Jutarō
Reki Amada as Katō Takaaki
Kenjirō Ishimaru as Hara Takashi
Yoshimasa Kondo as Shidehara Kijūrō
Yoshiyuki Ōmori as Katō Tomosaburō
Masato Mitani as Tokugawa Iesato
Tōsei Ishida as Kaneko Kentarō
Kazunari Uryū as Soeda Juichi

Mitsubishi Group[edit]

Nakamura Shikan VIII as Iwasaki Yatarō
Shugo Oshinari as Iwasaki Yanosuke

Others[edit]

Kin'ya Kitaōji as Tokugawa Ieyasu,^[3] the first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the host of the series.
Tōru Watanabe as Umeda Shinnosuke, Armor dealer in Edo
Hiroshi Tamaki as Takashima Shūhan, Western-style gunner
Yoshi Sakō as Tone Yoshiharu, Okabe Domain magistrate
Shunya Itabashi as Sanada Hannosuke, swordsman
Ginnojō Yamazaki as Ōhashi Totsuan, Edo Confucian scholar
Tetsu Watanabe as Kakubei
Tomori Abe as Suma
Shōdai Fukuyama as Kōno Kenzō
Masataka Matsubara as Inokichi
Hajime Yamazaki as Rōro Sakatani
Daikichi Sugawara as Date Munenari, 8th Head of the Uwajima Domain
Ryūshi Mizukami as Yamauchi Yōdō, 15th Head of the Tosa Domain
Takuo Inari as Tokugawa Yoshikatsu, 14th Head of the Owari Domain
Nakamura Mantarō as Fukuzawa Yukichi
Issey Ogata as Minomura Rizaemon
Junpei Yasui as Masuda Takashi
Hisahiro Ogura as Ono Zen'emon
Katsumi Kiba as Ōkubo Ichiō
Yōji Tanaka as Hagiwara Shirobei
Tadashi Ōtake as Hiraoka Junzō
Ryūji Kasahara as Kijima Matabei
Kumi Kureshiro as Masuda Eiko
Takashi Okabe as Ōkura Kihachirō
Rio Kanno as Ōkura Tokuko
Kōki Osamura as Sasaki Yūnosuke
Kanda Hakuzan VI as Kanda Hakuzan II
Jiro Okamoto as Kijūrō
Kōzō Haginoya as Kodama Gentarō
Kazu Murakami as Dr. Takaki
Hiro Ueno as Yasoda Meitarō
Yūichi Yasoda as Kitasato Shibasaburō

TV schedule[edit]

Episode	Title	Directed by	Original airdate	Rating
1	"Eiichi, Mezameru" (栄一えいいち、目覚めざめる)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	February 14, 2021 (2021-02-14)	20.0%
2	"Eiichi, Odoru" (栄一えいいち、踊おどる)		February 21, 2021 (2021-02-21)	16.9%
3	"Eiichi, Shigoto-hajime" (栄一えいいち、仕事しごとはじめ)		February 28, 2021 (2021-02-28)	16.7%
4	"Eiichi, Okoru" (栄一えいいち、怒おこる)	Naoki Murahashi	March 7, 2021 (2021-03-07)	15.5%
5	"Eiichi, Yureru" (栄一えいいち、揺ゆれる)	Naoki Murahashi	March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14)	16.2%
6	"Eiichi, Munasawagi" (栄一えいいち、胸騒むなさわぎ)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	March 21, 2021 (2021-03-21)	15.5%
7	"Seiten no Eiichi" (青天せいてんの栄一えいいち)	Naoki Murahashi	March 28, 2021 (2021-03-28)	14.2%
8	"Eiichi no Shūgen" (栄一えいいちの祝言しゅうげん)	Kensuke Matsuki	April 4, 2021 (2021-04-04)	15.3%
9	"Eiichi to Sakuradamon-gai no Hen" (栄一えいいちと桜田さくらだ門外もんがいの変へん)	Naoki Murahashi	April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	14.5%
10	"Eiichi, Shishi ni Naru" (栄一えいいち、志士ししになる)	Kensuke Matsuki	April 18, 2021 (2021-04-18)	13.9%
11	"Yokohama Yakiuchi Keikaku" (横濱よこはま焼やき討うち計画けいかく)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	April 25, 2021 (2021-04-25)	14.1%
12	"Eiichi no Tabidachi" (栄一えいいちの旅立たびだち)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02)	13.4%
13	"Eiichi, Kyō no Miyako e" (栄一えいいち、京きょうの都とへ)	Kenji Tanaka	May 9, 2021 (2021-05-09)	13.9%
14	"Eiichi to Unmei no Shukun" (栄一えいいちと運命うんめいの主君しゅくん)	Kenji Tanaka	May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16)	15.5%
15	"Tokudayū, Satsuma Sennyū" (篤あつし太夫たゆう、薩摩さつま潜入せんにゅう)	Hideaki Kawano	May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23)	15.3%
16	"Onjin Ansatsu" (恩人おんじん暗殺あんさつ)	Naoki Murahashi	May 30, 2021 (2021-05-30)	14.6%
17	"Tokudayū, Namida no Kikyō" (篤あつし太夫たゆう、涙なみだの帰京ききょう)	Kenji Tanaka	June 6, 2021 (2021-06-06)	14.2%
18	"Hitotsubashi no Futokoro" (一いち橋きょうの懐ふところ)	Hideaki Kawano	June 13, 2021 (2021-06-13)	14.2%
19	"Kanjōkumigashira Shibusawa Tokudayū" (勘定かんじょう組頭くみがしら渋沢しぶさわ篤あつし太夫たゆう)	Yūto Osaki	June 20, 2021 (2021-06-20)	13.6%
20	"Tokudayū, Seiten no Hekireki" (篤あつし太夫たゆう、青天せいてんの霹靂へきれき)	Naoki Murahashi	June 27, 2021 (2021-06-27)	14.6%
21	"Tokudayū, Tōki Michi e" (篤あつし太夫たゆう、遠とおき道みちへ)	Hideaki Kawano	July 4, 2021 (2021-07-04)	16.5%
22	"Tokudayū, Paris e" (篤あつし太夫たゆう、パリへ)	Kenji Tanaka	July 11, 2021 (2021-07-11)	14.7%
23	"Tokudayū to Saigo no Shōgun" (篤あつし太夫たゆうと最後さいごの将軍しょうぐん)	Kenji Tanaka	July 18, 2021 (2021-07-18)	14.1%
Three weeks off due to the Olympic Games broadcast.
24	"Paris no Goisshin" (パリの御一新ごいっしん)	Kenji Tanaka	August 15, 2021 (2021-08-15)	14.3%
25	"Tokudayū, Kikoku suru" (篤あつし太夫たゆう、帰国きこくする)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	August 22, 2021 (2021-08-22)	12.0%
Two weeks off due to the Paralympic Games broadcast.
26	"Tokudayū, Saikai suru" (篤あつし太夫たゆう、再会さいかいする)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	September 12, 2021 (2021-09-12)	12.7%
27	"Tokudayū, Sunpu de Hagemu" (篤あつし太夫たゆう、駿府すんぷで励はげむ)	Naoki Murahashi	September 19, 2021 (2021-09-19)	12.6%
28	"Tokudayū to Yaoyorozu no Kami" (篤あつし太夫たゆうと八はち百ひゃく万まんの神かみ)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	September 26, 2021 (2021-09-26)	13.8%
29	"Eiichi, Kaisei suru" (栄一えいいち、改正かいせいする)	Akihiro Tajima	October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03)	13.1%
30	"Shibusawa Eiichi no Chichi" (渋沢しぶさわ栄一えいいちの父ちち)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)	13.0%
31	"Eiichi, Saigo no Henshin" (栄一えいいち、最後さいごの変身へんしん)	Wataru Suzuki	October 17, 2021 (2021-10-17)	14.0%
32	"Eiichi, Ginkō wo Tsukuru" (栄一えいいち、銀行ぎんこうを作つくる)	Naoki Murahashi	October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)	12.9%
33	"Rongo to Soroban" (論語ろんごと算盤そろばん)	Kenji Tanaka	October 31, 2021 (2021-10-31)	11.9%
34	"Eiichi to Densetsu no Shōnin" (栄一えいいちと伝説でんせつの商人しょうにん)	Hideaki Kawano	November 7, 2021 (2021-11-07)	14.4%
35	"Eiichi, Motenasu" (栄一えいいち、もてなす)	Kenji Tanaka	November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14)	12.9%
36	"Eiichi to Chiyo" (栄一えいいちと千代ちよ)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)	12.2%
37	"Eiichi, Agaku" (栄一えいいち、あがく)	Wataru Suzuki	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)	12.0%
38	"Eiichi no Chakunan" (栄一えいいちの嫡男ちゃくなん)	Tetsuya Watanabe	December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05)	12.6%
39	"Eiichi to Sensō" (栄一えいいちと戦争せんそう)	Naoki Murahashi	December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12)	11.9%
40	"Eiichi, Umi wo Koete" (栄一えいいち、海うみを越こえて)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)	12.1%
41	"Seishun wa Tsuzuku" (青春せいしゅんはつづく)	Hiroshi Kurosaki	December 26, 2021 (2021-12-26)	11.2%
Average rating 14.1% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).^[4]

Omnibus[edit]

Episode	Original airdate	Original airtime^[5]
1	January 3, 2022	8:15 - 9:10
2		9:10 - 10:00
3		10:05 - 10:59
4		10:59 - 11:49

References[edit]

^ "吉沢よしざわ亮あきら『青天せいてんを衝つけ』ワンショット写真しゃしん公開こうかい出演しゅつえん者しゃ20人にん発表はっぴょう". Oricon. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
^ "Ex-SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi to play Japan's last shogun in NHK's upcoming drama series". The Mainichi Newspapers. 10 July 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
^ "【青天せいてんを衝つけ】北大路きたおおじ欣也きんや、徳川とくがわ家康いえやす役やくで出演しゅつえん「まったく経験けいけんしたことのない挑戦ちょうせん」". Oricon. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
^ "吉沢よしざわ亮あきら「青天せいてんを衝つけ」平均へいきん視聴しちょう率りつは14.1％最終さいしゅう回かいは11.2％". Model Press. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
^ "青天せいてんを衝つけ:明日あした、3時じ間あいだ半はんの総集編そうしゅうへん幕末ばくまつから振ふり返かえり！お正月しょうがつも「栄一えいいちとともにぐるぐる」". Mantan-web. Retrieved December 10, 2023.

External links[edit]

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky at IMDb

[1] "吉沢よしざわ亮あきら『青天せいてんを衝つけ』ワンショット写真しゃしん公開こうかい出演しゅつえん者しゃ20人にん発表はっぴょう". Oricon. Retrieved December 26, 2020.

[2] "Ex-SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi to play Japan's last shogun in NHK's upcoming drama series". The Mainichi Newspapers. 10 July 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.

[3] "【青天せいてんを衝つけ】北大路きたおおじ欣也きんや、徳川とくがわ家康いえやす役やくで出演しゅつえん「まったく経験けいけんしたことのない挑戦ちょうせん」". Oricon. Retrieved January 27, 2021.

[4] "吉沢よしざわ亮あきら「青天せいてんを衝つけ」平均へいきん視聴しちょう率りつは14.1％最終さいしゅう回かいは11.2％". Model Press. Retrieved December 27, 2021.

[5] "青天せいてんを衝つけ:明日あした、3時じ間あいだ半はんの総集編そうしゅうへん幕末ばくまつから振ふり返かえり！お正月しょうがつも「栄一えいいちとともにぐるぐる」". Mantan-web. Retrieved December 10, 2023.

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