Genroku Ryoran
tv show
49 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired January 10, 1999
Genres:
Overview
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
Cast
Ken Matsudaira
as
Irobe Matashiro
Rie Miyazawa
as
Aguri
Ryoko Shinohara
as
Sadako
Hiroshi Abe
as
Horibe Yasubei
Koji Ishizaka
as
Kira Yoshinaka
Noriyuki Higashiyama
as
Asano Naganori
Hiroaki Murakami
as
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira
Kenichi Hagiwara
as
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Eisaku Yoshida
as
Okajima Tadatsugu
Akira Emoto
as
Genshiro
Mari Natsuki
as
Tomiko
Tetta Sugimoto
as
Fuwa Kuzaemon
