Taiheiki (TV series)
 | This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. (December 2020) |
| Taiheiki | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Historical, jidaigeki |
| Based on | Shihon Taiheiki ( |
| Written by | Shunsaku Ikehata Shigeo Nakakura |
| Directed by | Mikio Satō and others |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by | Motoyo Yamane |
| Theme music composer | Shigeaki Saegusa |
| Composer | Shigeaki Saegusa |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 49 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Yasuo Takahashi Kunihisa Ichiyanagi |
| Production location | Japan |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | January 6 – December 8, 1991 |
Taiheiki (
Plot[edit]
The drama is set at the end of the Kamakura period, going into the Nanboku-chō period during early Muromachi.
Ashikaga Takauji cooperated with Emperor Go-Daigo and overthrew the Kamakura shogunate. The emperor began the Kenmu Restoration, but the samurai are more dissatisfied than before. As the leader of samurai, Takauji is worried about whether to establish a new shogunate.
Cast[edit]
Ashikaga clan[edit]
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Ashikaga Takauji
- Yasuko Sawaguchi as Akahashi Tōko (Tōshi), Takauji's wife
- Ken Ogata as Ashikaga Sadauji, Takauji's father
- Shiho Fujimura as Uesugi Kiyoko, Takauji's mother
- Masanobu Takashima as Ashikaga Tadayoshi, Takauji's younger brother
- Kataoka Takatarō as Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Takauji's heir
- Yūsuke Morita as Senjuō (young Yoshiakira)
- Michitaka Tsutsui as Ashikaga Tadafuyu, Takauji's illegitimate son
- Yūichirō Yamazaki as Izayamaru (young Tadafuyu)
- Yasuo Daichi as Isshiki Umanosuke
- Akira Emoto as Kō no Moronao
- Kazunaga Tsuji as Kō no Moroshige
- Sansei Shiomi as Kō no Moroyasu
- Toru Abe as Kō no Morouji
- Kohji Moritsugu as Hosokawa Akiuji
- Akira Yamanouchi as Kira Sadayoshi
- Don Kantarō as Imagawa Norikuni
Hōjō clan (Kamakura shogunate)[edit]
- Tsurutaro Kataoka as Hōjō Takatoki, the 14th shikken
- Kiyoshi Kodama as Kanesawa (Hōjō) Sadaaki, the 15th shikken
- Hiroshi Katsuno as Akahashi (Hōjō) Moritoki, the last shikken and Takauji's brother-in-law.
- Frankie Sakai as Nagasaki Enki
- Tokuma Nishioka as Nagasaki Takasuke
- Tamaki Sawa as Kakukai-ni
- Akane Oda as Akiko
- Junkichi Orimoto as Shioya Muneharu
- Chikao Ohtsuka as Doisado no Zenshi
- Kunio Kaga as Adachi Moriyasu
The Imperial Court[edit]
- Kataoka Takao as Emperor Go-Daigo
- Daijirō Tsusumi as Prince Moriyoshi
- Mieko Harada as Ano Renshi
- Terutake Tsuji as Emperor Kōgon
Kugyō/Kuge[edit]
- Masaomi Kondō as Kitabatake Chikafusa
- Kumiko Goto as Kitabatake Akiie
- Takaaki Enoki as Hino Toshimoto
- Masahiro Motoki as Chigusa Tadaaki
- Hōsei Komatsu as Nawa Nagatoshi
- Hatsunori Hasegawa as Saionji Kinmune
- Takashi Fujiki as Bōmon Kiyotada
- Norihiro Inoue as Shijō Takasuke
- Mitsuru Miyamoto as Nijō Michihira
- Akaji Maro as Monkan
- Baku Ōwada as Madenokōji Fujifusa
Nitta clan[edit]
- Kenichi Hagiwara (episodes 1-7)[3] → Jinpachi Nezu as Nitta Yoshisada
- Masumi Miyazaki as Kōtō no Naishi
- Yoshizumi Ishihara as Wakiya Yoshisuke
Kawachi Province[edit]
- Tetsuya Takeda as Kusunoki Masashige
- Mariko Fuji as Hisako
- Hidekazu Akai as Kusunoki Masasue
- Shigeyuki Nakamura as Kusunoki Masatsura
- Seidai Katō as young Masatsura
Hanayasha Theatre Group[edit]
- Kanako Higuchi as Hanayasha/Utsugi, Kusunoki Masashige's younger sister
- Toshirō Yanagiba as Ishi
- Ryō Takayama as young Ishi
- Rie Miyazawa as Fujiyasha, Izayamaru's mother
- Chikako Oba as young Fujiyasha
- Hideki Nishioka as Kanze Kiyotsugu
Others[edit]
- Takanori Jinnai as Sasaki Dōyō
- Tetsu Watanabe as Akamatsu Enshin
- Etsushi Takahashi as Momonoi Tadatsune
- Etsushi Toyokawa
- Takako Tokiwa
- Strong Kobayashi as Big Man
Production credit[edit]
- Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi
TV schedule[edit]
| Episode | Original airdate | Title | Directed by | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 6, 1991 | "Chichi to Ko" ( |
Mikio Satō | 34.6% |
| 2 | January 13, 1991 | "Mebae" ( |
34.3% | |
| 3 | January 20, 1991 | "Fūunji" ( |
33.0% | |
| 4 | January 27, 1991 | "Mikado Gomuhon" ( |
Kenji Tanaka | 31.0% |
| 5 | February 3, 1991 | "Ayaushi Ashikaga-ke" ( |
28.9% | |
| 6 | February 10, 1991 | "Kusunoki Tōjō" ( |
Mikio Satō | 30.2% |
| 7 | February 17, 1991 | "Hiren" ( |
Takayasu Enokido / Mikio Satō | 33.1% |
| 8 | February 24, 1991 | "Yōrei-boshi" (妖霊 |
Mikio Satō | 32.5% |
| 9 | March 3, 1991 | "Shukumei no Ko" ( |
Kenji Tanaka | 32.1% |
| 10 | March 10, 1991 | "Mikado no Kyohei" ( |
30.5% | |
| 11 | March 17, 1991 | "Kusunoki Tatsu" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 30.2% |
| 12 | March 24, 1991 | "Kasagi Rakujō" ( |
Sōsei Mineshima | 31.6% |
| 13 | March 31, 1991 | "Kōbō Akasaka-jō" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 25.5% |
| 14 | April 7, 1991 | "Akigiri" ( |
Mikio Satō | 19.9% |
| 15 | April 14, 1991 | "Takauji to Masashige" ( |
25.0% | |
| 16 | April 21, 1991 | "Oki Hairu" ( |
Kenji Tanaka | 24.3% |
| 17 | April 28, 1991 | "Ketsudan no Toki" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 22.0% |
| 18 | May 5, 1991 | "Mikado no Dasshutsu" ( |
21.7% | |
| 19 | May 12, 1991 | "Hitojichi" ( |
Mikio Satō | 29.2% |
| 20 | May 19, 1991 | "Ashikaga Kekki" ( |
27.7% | |
| 21 | May 26, 1991 | "Kyoto Kōryaku" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 27.5% |
| 22 | June 2, 1991 | "Kamakura Enjō" ( |
Mikio Satō | 27.5% |
| 23 | June 9, 1991 | "Gaisen" ( |
Sōsei Mineshima | 24.6% |
| 24 | June 16, 1991 | "Shinsei" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 22.9% |
| 25 | June 23, 1991 | "Ashikaga Takauji" ( |
Jun Takebayashi | 22.3% |
| 26 | June 30, 1991 | "Onshō no Hamon" ( |
Mikio Satō | 24.8% |
| 27 | July 7, 1991 | "Kuge ka Buke ka" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 24.6% |
| 28 | July 14, 1991 | "Kaisen Zen'ya" ( |
Mikio Satō | 22.9% |
| 29 | July 21, 1991 | "Ōtō-no-miya Taiho" ( |
Sōsei Mineshima | 22.2% |
| 30 | July 28, 1991 | "Higeki no Ōji" ( |
Kenji Tanaka | 22.4% |
| 31 | August 4, 1991 | "Takauji Somuku" ( |
Masami Kadowaki | 21.8% |
| 32 | August 11, 1991 | "Fujiyasha Shisu" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 22.0% |
| 33 | August 18, 1991 | "Senjuō to Izayamaru" ( |
Mikio Satō | 21.5% |
| 34 | August 25, 1991 | "Takauji Tsuitō" ( |
Masami Kadowaki | 24.7% |
| 35 | September 1, 1991 | "Daigyakuten" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 23.4% |
| 36 | September 8, 1991 | "Minatogawa no Kessen" ( |
Kenji Tanaka | 27.6% |
| 37 | September 15, 1991 | "Masashige Jijin" ( |
Mikio Satō | 24.6% |
| 38 | September 22, 1991 | "Itten Ryōtei" ( |
Masami Kadowaki | 25.7% |
| 39 | September 29, 1991 | "Akiie Chiru" ( |
Mitsunobu Ozaki | 26.2% |
| 40 | October 6, 1991 | "Yoshisada no Saigo" ( |
Kenji Tanaka | 22.9% |
| 41 | October 13, 1991 | "Mikado Hōgyo" ( |
19.9% | |
| 42 | October 20, 1991 | "Haha no Yuigon" ( |
Mitsunobu Ozaki | 20.8% |
| 43 | October 27, 1991 | "Ashikaga-ke no Naifun" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 25.3% |
| 44 | November 3, 1991 | "Gekokujō" ( |
Mikio Satō | 22.0% |
| 45 | November 10, 1991 | "Seihen" ( |
Kenji Tanaka | 24.2% |
| 46 | November 17, 1991 | "Kyōdai no Kizuna" ( |
Takayasu Enokido | 22.8% |
| 47 | November 24, 1991 | "Shōgun no Haiboku" ( |
Jun Takebayashi | 26.0% |
| 48 | December 1, 1991 | "Hateshinaki Tatakai" ( |
Kenji Tanaka | 23.0% |
| 49 | December 8, 1991 | "Takauji no Shi" ( |
Mikio Satō | 24.6% |
| Average rating 26.0% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region). | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "
第 29作 「太平 記 」". NHK. Retrieved December 21, 2020. - ^ "
太平 記 ". CiNii. Retrieved December 21, 2020. - ^ Hagiwara dropped out due to his health reasons.
External links[edit]
- NHK Official (in Japanese)
- Taiheiki at IMDb
