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Sanada Taiheiki
Also known as	真田太平記
Genre	Jidaigeki
Starring	Tsunehiko Watase Masao Kusakari Isao Natsuyagi Kurara Haruka Takaaki Enoki Nakamura Hashinosuke III Yuriko Kōno Kumi Nakamura Takao Itō Yoshi Katō Hiroshi Tsuburaya Toshiyuki Hosokawa Kei Satō Misako Konno Keiko Takeshita Akiko Koyama Mariko Okada Nakamura Umenosuke IV Tetsurō Tamba
Theme music composer	Hikaru Hayashi
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	45
Production
Running time	45 minutes (per episode)
Production company	NHK
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	April 3, 1985 (1985-04-03) – March 19, 1986 (1986-03-19)

Sanada Taiheiki (真田太平記) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast on NHK in 1985–1986. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel Sanada Taiheiki. The drama focuses on the history of the Sanada clan during the late Sengoku period. The complete DVD box is available.

Plot

In 1582, Oda and Tokugawa allied forces started an invasion of Takeda`s Kai Province. so the Takeda clan was in danger of extinction. Sanada Masayuki advised Takeda Katsuyori to abandon Kai Province and flee towards Masayuki`s Iwabitsu Castle. Katsuyori accepted his suggestion once, but he changed his mind and tried to flee towards Oyamada Nobushige`s Iwadono Castle, but was betrayed by Oyamada Nobushige and killed himself at Tenmokuzan. Having lost their lord, the Sanada clan unexpectedly became a small daimyo. The Sanada clan seeks a way to survive.

Production

• Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi

Cast

Sanada Clan

• Tsunehiko Watase as Sanada Nobuyuki
• Masao Kusakari as Sanada Nobushige (Yukimura)
• Tetsuro Tamba as Sanada Masayuki
• Takaaki Enoki as Higuchi Kakubei
• Isao Natsuyagi as Tsubuya Matagorō
• Haruka Kurara as Oko
• Yoshi Katō as Yazawa Yoritsuna
• Akiko Koyama as Yamanote Dono
• Ryō Kinomoto as Mukai Saheiji
• Shinzō Hotta as Miyanotsuka Saizō
• Misako Konno as Komatsuhime
• Kumi Nakamura as Chikurin-in
• Kataoka Takatarō as Sanada Daisuke
• Yukiko Okada as Princess Okiku

Uesugi Clan

• Takao Itō as Uesugi Kagekatsu
• Makoto Shimotsuka as Naoe Kanetsugu

Tokugawa Clan

• Nakamura Umenosuke IV as Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Nakamura Baijaku II as Tokugawa Hidetada
• Takeshi Katō as Honda Tadakatsu
• Junpei Morita as Honda Tadamasa
• Akio Tanaka as Honda Masanobu
• Kantarō Suga as Ii Naomasa
• Rokko Toura as Ninja Nakayama Nagatoshi
• Kyosuke Machida as Ninja Ban Naganobu

Toyotomi Clan

• Hiroyuki Nagato as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Hiroshi Tsuburaya as Toyotomi Hideyori
• Masami Horiuchi as Toyotomi Hidetsugu
• Keiko Tsushima as Kōdai-in
• Mariko Okada as Yodo-dono
• Youki Kudoh as Senhime
• Kōji Shimizu as Ishida Mitsunari
• Makoto Yuasa as Shima Sakon
• Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Ōno Harunaga
• Kōichi Yamamoto as Katagiri Katsumoto
• Toshio Takahara as Nagai
• Yōsuke Kondō as Gotō Mototsugu
• Hiroshi Miyauchi as Mōri Katsunaga
• Koreharu Hisatomi as Chōsokabe Morichika

Takeda Clan

• Akiar Hiroshige Takeda Katsuyori
• Yūsuke Tozawa as Oyamada Nobushige

Later Hōjō clan

• Shōzō Fukuyama as Hōjō Ujimasa
• Jinya Satō as Hōjō Ujinao

Maeda Clan

• Shinsuke Mikimoto as Maeda Toshiie
• Hiroko Kōda as Maeda Matsu
• Hisayuki Nakajima as Maeda Toshinaga

The Eastern Army

• Raita Ryu as Katō Kiyomasa
• Nobuyuki Katsube as Fukushima Masanori
• Hirotarō Honda as Asano Yoshinaga

The Western Army

• Kunio Murai as Ōtani Yoshitsugu
• Akira Ishihama as Ukita Hideie
• Takahide Tashiro as Kobayakawa Hideaki
• Shōji Nakayama as Mōri Terumoto

Others

• Keiko Takeshita as Ono no Otsu
• Chiyonosuke Azuma as Yagyū Munetoshi

References

1. "sanada Taiheiki". Jidaigeki.com. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
2. "sanada Taiheiki towa?". kotobank. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
3. ^ "三谷『真田丸』に隠された池波原作『真田太平記』へのオマージュ7選！". Aera. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
4. "真田太平記 DVD-BOX". nhk. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
5. "真田太平記 Sanada Taiheiki". nhk. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
6. "水曜ドラマ 真田太平記 Sanada Taiheiki". nhk. Retrieved November 3, 2020.

External links

• Sanada Taiheiki - NHK) NHK　Archives

• NHK television dramas
• 1985 Japanese television series debuts
• Jidaigeki television series
• 1980s drama television series
• Television shows based on Japanese novels
• Cultural depictions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Cultural depictions of Sanada clan
• Television series set in the 16th century
• Television series set in the 17th century