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Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士) is a 1964 Japanese television series. It is the 2nd NHK taiga drama.

The viewership rating was well over 30%, and the episode where the raid was broadcast had a viewership rating of 53.0%. It also set the record for the highest viewership rating in the history of taiga dramas. This record has not yet been broken as of 2021. The average audience rating for all episodes is 31.9%, making it the 4th of all-time (as of 2019).

A scene from episode 7 and the full footage of episode 47 still remain today, the latter of which garnered the highest viewership rating.

Story

Akō Rōshi deals with the Edo period. Based on Jirō Osaragi's novels of the same title.

It depicts the stories of the Forty-seven rōnin with Ōishi Kuranosuke as the main lead.

Cast

• Kazuo Hasegawa as Ōishi Kuranosuke
• Shinsuke Ashida as Kobayashi Heihichi
• Chikage Awashima as Osen
• Takahiro Tamura as Takada Gunbei
• Masakazu Tamura
• Jukichi Uno
• Katsuo Nakamura as Ōishi Chikara
• Takashi Shimura as Onodera Junai
• Yoichi Hayashi as Hotta Yayato
• Kyoko Kishida as Aguri
• Kei Taguchi as Kayano Wasuke
• Kazuo Funaki as Yatō Emoshichi
• Takuya Fujioka as Ōishi Sezaemon
• Ichiro Sugai as Ono Kurobei
• Rokkō Toura as Takebayashi Takashige
• Masato Yamanouchi as Uesugi Tsunanori
• Morita Kan'ya XIV as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
• Jun Tazaki
• Junzaburō Ban as Maruoka Bokuan
• Akira Kume as Wakizaka Awaji no Kami
• Fubuki Koshiji as Ukiyo daou
• Kō Nishimura as Aizawa Shinbei
• Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Horiuchi
• Kanjūrō Arashi as Hosokawa Echu no Kami
• Osamu Takizawa as Kira Kōzuke no suke
• Isuzu Yamada as Ōishi Riku

References

1. 日本放送協会 編 『NHK年鑑'64』 日本放送出版協会、1964年 P.144
2. 『NHK大河ドラマ大全:50作品徹底ガイド』 NHK出版、2011 P.85
3. NHK大河ドラマ大全:50作品徹底ガイド (in Japanese). NHK出版. 2011. p. 84.
4. "ビデオリサーチ NHK大河ドラマ 過去の視聴率データ". Video Research (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2006.
5. "連載「大河ドラマ誕生55周年の秘話」". DOT朝日. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
6. "赤穂浪士". NHKアーカイブ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
7. "赤穂浪士". ドラマ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
8. "赤穂浪士とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

External links

• 1964 Japanese television series debuts
• 1964 Japanese television series endings
• Taiga drama
• 1960s drama television series
• Jidaigeki television series
• Television shows based on Japanese novels
• Television series set in the 17th century