| 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 | Reijirō Koroku |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 49 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | January 7 (1996-01-07) – December 22, 1996 (1996-12-22) |
Hideyoshi (秀吉) is a 1996 Japanese historical television series. It is the 35th NHK taiga drama television series.
Plot
The story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Production
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Production Credits
- Original – Taichi Sakaiya
- Music – Reijirō Koroku
- Titling – Hisaya Morishige
- Narrator – Etsuko Ichihara, Ryuji Miyamoto
- Historical research – Tetsuo Owada
- Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi
Cast
Starring role
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 Sakichi (young Mitsunari)
- Atsushi Onita as Hachisuka Masakatsu
- Ikkō Furuya as Takenaka Hanbei
- Masatō Ibu as Kuroda Kanbei
- Yosuke Asari as young Ukita Hideie
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
- Eriko Tamura as Akechi Tama
- Mitsuko Yorichika as Oichi - younger sister of Nobunaga
- Akira Nakao as Shibata Katsuie
- Yasunori Danta as Takigawa Kazumasu
- Saburō Shinoda as Niwa Nagahide
- Masahiro Matsuoka as Mori Ranmaru
- Hideo Takamatsu as Hayashi Sado no Kami
- Samy Pop as Yasuke
- Junkichi Orimoto as Sakuma Nobumori
- Tōru Watanabe as Maeda Toshiie
- Azusa Nakamura as Maeda Matsu
Tokugawa clan
- Masahiko Nishimura as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Joe Shishido as Honda Masanobu
- Naoya Makoto as Ishikawa Kazumasa
- Ryū Manatsu as Sakai Tadatsugu
- Maki Ishikawa as Lady Tsukiyama
- Shin'ichirō Satō as Matsudaira Nobuyasu
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
- Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Saitō Dōsan
- Kiyoshi Nakajō as Ankokuji Ekei
TV schedule
| Episode | Original airdate | Title | Directed by | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 7, 1996 (1996-01-07) | "Taiyō no Ko" (太陽の子, Child of the Sun) | Mikio Satō | 26.6% |
| 2 | January 14, 1996 (1996-01-14) | "Okehazama no Kiseki" (桶狭間の奇跡, Miracle at Okehazama) | 29.2% | |
| 3 | January 21, 1996 (1996-01-21) | "Unmei no Hanayome" (運命の花嫁, The Bride of Fate) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 33.5% |
| 4 | January 28, 1996 (1996-01-28) | "Ōgon Kyōdai" (黄金兄弟, The Golden Brothers) | 33.1% | |
| 5 | February 4, 1996 (1996-02-04) | "Otoko no Nedan" (男の値段, The Price of a Man) | Mikio Satō | 34.6% |
| 6 | February 11, 1996 (1996-02-11) | "Ichiya-jō" (一夜城, THe Overnight Castle) | Takeshi Shibata | 35.0% |
| 7 | February 18, 1996 (1996-02-18) | "Tsuma no Himitsu" (妻の秘密, A Wife's Secret) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 33.7% |
| 8 | February 25, 1996 (1996-02-25) | "Shiranu Kao no Hanbei" (知らぬ顔の半兵衛, The Unknown Face of Hanbei) | Mikio Satō | 33.2% |
| 9 | March 3, 1996 (1996-03-03) | "Saru no Kakuran" (猿のかく乱, The Monkey's Disturbance) | Takeshi Shibata | 32.0% |
| 10 | March 10, 1996 (1996-03-10) | "Uwaki Itashi-sōrō" (浮気いたし候, An Affair) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 37.4% |
| 11 | March 17, 1996 (1996-03-17) | "Zettai Zetsumei" (絶体絶命, Absolute Desperation) | Mikio Satō | 34.7% |
| 12 | March 24, 1996 (1996-03-24) | "Hieizan Yakiuchi" (比叡山焼き打ち, The Burning of Mount Hiei) | Takeshi Shibata | 31.2% |
| 13 | March 31, 1996 (1996-03-31) | "Gokuhi Jōhō" (極秘情報, Confidential Information) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 30.7% |
| 14 | April 7, 1996 (1996-04-07) | "Odani Rakujō" (小谷落城, The Fall of Otani Castle) | Mikio Satō | 28.4% |
| 15 | April 14, 1996 (1996-04-14) | "Dokuro no Sakazuki" (どくろの盃, The Skull Cup) | Takeshi Shibata | 32.7% |
| 16 | April 21, 1996 (1996-04-21) | "Kakushigo Hakkaku!" (隠し子発覚!, The Hidden Child is Found!) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 33.5% |
| 17 | April 28, 1996 (1996-04-28) | "Kāchan to Hahagoze" (かあちゃんと母御前, Two Mothers) | Mikio Satō | 28.0% |
| 18 | May 5, 1996 (1996-05-05) | "Seppuku Meirei" (切腹命令, The Fate of Seppuku) | Takeshi Shibata | 29.4% |
| 19 | May 12, 1996 (1996-05-12) | "Chichi no Iede" (父の家出, Father's Runaway) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 31.7% |
| 20 | May 19, 1996 (1996-05-19) | "Gunshi no Jōken" (軍師の条件, The Strategist's Requirements) | Kenji Shindō | 32.4% |
| 21 | May 26, 1996 (1996-05-26) | "Inochi no Omosa" (命の重さ, The Weight of Life) | Takeshi Shibata | 31.2% |
| 22 | June 2, 1996 (1996-06-02) | "Hahagoze, Haritsuke" (母御前、はりつけ, Mother's Crucifixion) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 30.6% |
| 23 | June 9, 1996 (1996-06-09) | "Hanbei no Shi" (半兵衛の死, Hanbei's Death) | Mikio Satō | 36.2% |
| 24 | June 16, 1996 (1996-06-16) | "Sasen Sunzen" (左遷寸前, On the Edge of Demotion) | Takeshi Shibata | 32.8% |
| 25 | June 23, 1996 (1996-06-23) | "Onsen ni Ikitaku-sōrō" (温泉に行きたく候, Going to the Hot Springs) | Keishi Ōtomo | 33.9% |
| 26 | June 30, 1996 (1996-06-30) | "Shijō-saidai no Oseibo" (史上最大のお歳暮, The Largest Year-End Gift in History) | Kenji Shindō | 33.2% |
| 27 | July 7, 1996 (1996-07-07) | "Mitsunari Tōjō" (三成登場, Mitsunari's Arrival) | Mikio Satō | 31.3% |
| 28 | July 14, 1996 (1996-07-14) | "Takamatsu-jō Mizu-zeme" (高松城水攻め, Water-Siege at Takamatsu Castle) | Takeshi Shibata | 33.5% |
| 29 | July 21, 1996 (1996-07-21) | "Teki wa Honnō-ji" (敵は本能寺, The Enemy is Honno-ji) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 31.2% |
| 30 | July 28, 1996 (1996-07-28) | "Nobunaga, Shisu" (信長、死す, Nobunaga's Death) | Mikio Satō | 26.4% |
| 31 | August 11, 1996 (1996-08-11) | "Tenka eno Michi" (天下への道, The Path to the Realm) | Takeshi Shibata | 26.8% |
| 32 | August 18, 1996 (1996-08-18) | "Yume wo Tsugu Mono" (夢を継ぐ者, Inheriting the Dream) | Yoshiharu Katō | 29.7% |
| 33 | August 25, 1996 (1996-08-25) | "Mitsuhide no Kubi" (光秀の首, Mitsuhide's Head) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 29.9% |
| 34 | September 1, 1996 (1996-09-01) | "Onna no Tenka-tori" (女の天下獲り, Woman's Conquest of the Realm) | Mikio Satō | 31.8% |
| 35 | September 8, 1996 (1996-09-08) | "Utsukushiki Shikaku" (美しき刺客, Beautiful Assassin) | Takeshi Shibata | 33.1% |
| 36 | September 15, 1996 (1996-09-15) | "Ieyasu vs. Hideyoshi" (家康VS秀吉) | Taku Katō | 29.5% |
| 37 | September 22, 1996 (1996-09-22) | "Tenshi-sama no Gorakuin!?" (天子様の御落胤!?, The Ruler's Mischief) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 31.8% |
| 38 | September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29) | "Ōgon no Chashitsu" (黄金の茶室, The Golden Tea Room) | Taku Katō | 23.9% |
| 39 | October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06) | "Kāchan, Hitojichi" (かあちゃん、人質, Mother, Hostage) | Mikio Satō | 22.2% |
| 40 | October 13, 1996 (1996-10-13) | "Yūwaku" (誘惑, Temptation) | Yuki Nakashima | 27.9% |
| 41 | October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27) | "Ketsubetsu no Asagao" (決別の朝顔, The Parting Morning Glories) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 29.1% |
| 42 | November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03) | "Yodo no Ko, Tanjō" (淀の子、誕生, The Birth of Yodo's Child) | Takeshi Shibata | 25.0% |
| 43 | November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10) | "Hana-ikusa de Gozaru" (花戦さでござる, Flower Battle) | Keishi Ōtomo | 27.2% |
| 44 | November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17) | "Hidenaga, Iku"|秀長、逝く|Hidenaga's Death} | Mikio Satō | 29.1% |
| 45 | November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24) | "Rikyū Seppuku" (利休切腹, Rikyu Disembowels Himself) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 30.0% |
| 46 | December 1, 1996 (1996-12-01) | "Haha no Kanashimi" (母の悲しみ, A Mother's Lament) | Mikio Satō | 30.5% |
| 47 | December 8, 1996 (1996-12-08) | "Kāchan no Shi!" (かあちゃんの死!, Mother's Death) | Takeshi Shibata | 25.9% |
| 48 | December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15) | "Goemon, Kama-yude" (五右衛門、釜ゆで, Goemon, Boiled Alive) | Mikio Satō | 27.3% |
| 49 | December 22, 1996 (1996-12-22) | "Yume no mata Yume" (夢のまた夢, A Dream with a Dream) | Rintarō Mayuzumi | 27.1% |
| Average rating 30.5% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region). | ||||
Broadcasting in the United States
Circa 1997–98, New Jersey Network would air the show subtitled in English on Sunday evenings at 11:00pm EST. However, there is no physical domestic release of this series on VHS or DVD.
References
- "大河ドラマ 秀吉". NHK. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
- 秀吉とは (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
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