is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th
NHK taiga drama. The series respectively stars
Masahiko Tsugawa,
Toshiyuki Nishida, and
Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three
Tokugawa shōguns
Tokugawa may refer to:
*Tokugawa era, an alternative term for the Edo period, 1603 to 1868
*Tokugawa shogunate, a feudal regime of Japan during the Edo period
**Tokugawa clan, a powerful family of Japan
***Tokugawa Ieyasu (154 ...
. It aired from January 9 to December 17, 2000, and ran for a total of 49 episodes.
''Aoi'' is the first taiga drama to be fully filmed in
high definition
High definition or HD may refer to:
Visual technologies
*HD DVD, discontinued optical disc format
*HD Photo, former name for the JPEG XR image file format
*HDV, format for recording high-definition video onto magnetic tape
* HiDef, 24 frames-pe ...
.
Plot
The story begins with the
battle of Sekigahara
The Battle of Sekigahara ( Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 ( Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu prefecture, Japan, at the end of ...
.
Cast
Tokugawa Shoguns
*
Masahiko Tsugawa as
Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fel ...
- the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate
*
Toshiyuki Nishida as
Tokugawa Hidetada
was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Early life (1579–1593)
Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...
- the second shogun
*Onoe Tatsunosuke II as
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third '' shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, ...
- the third shogun
**
Takayuki Yamada as young Iemitsu
Tokugawa clan
*
Shima Iwashita as
Ogō - wife of Hidetada
*
Isuzu Yamada as
Odai no Kata - mother of Ieyasu
*
Kyōko Mitsubayashi
is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.
Possible writings
The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan.
The first s ...
as
Acha no Tsubone
*Minako Osanai as Oman no Kata
*
Michiko Godai as
Lady Chaa
*
Kirin Kiki as
Lady Kasuga
*
Miki Sakai as
Tokugawa Masako
*
Yoko Moriguchi as
Okaji no Kata
*
Nanako Ōkōchi as
Senhime
**
Marika Matsumoto as young Senhime
*
Fujita Okamoto as
Yūki Hideyasu
*Hiroyuki Sakamoto as
Matsudaira Tadateru
*Lie Katō as
Irohahime
*
Hayato Ōshiba Hayato may refer to:
*Hayato (given name), a masculine Japanese given name
* Hayato, Kagoshima, a town located in Aira District, Kagoshima, Japan
*, people of ancient Japan
*Hayato (satellite)
Hayato, known before launch as KSAT, or the Kagos ...
as
Tokugawa Yorifusa
*
Manabu Hamada
is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Manabu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
;as a given name
*学, "learn"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People
*Manabu Horii (学, born 1972) ...
as
Hoshina Masayuki
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period, who was the founder of what became the Matsudaira house of Aizu. He was an important figure in the politics and philosophy of the early Tokugawa shogunate.
Biography
Hoshina Masayuki was born ...
*
Asumi Nakada as Haruhime
*
Yukie Nakama as Oraku
*Gen Hongō as
Tokugawa Yorinobu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period.
Born under the name Nagatomimaru (長福丸), he was the 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, by his concubine Kageyama-dono. On December 8, 1603, Yorinobu received the fief of Mito, then rated at 20 ...
*Yūtarō Yamamoto as
Nagatomimaru
*Hideyuki Akabane as
Tokugawa Yoshinao
**
Ryūnosuke Kamiki
is a Japanese actor. Regarded as a child prodigy across 25 years in the industry, he has garnered many awards for his performances.
Personal life
After he was born, he was in the intensive care unit for four months and remained in critical c ...
as Gorōtamaru (young Yoshinao)
*
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Ichihime
Fudai daimyo
*
Shigeru Kōyama as
Honda Masanobu
*
Ikkei Watanabe
is a Japanese tokusatsu comedy family robot television series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It ran from October 4, 1974, to March 25, 1977, on NET TV. ran from January 31, 1999 (a week after the finale of ''Tetsuwan Ta ...
as
Honda Masazumi - the eldest son of Masanobu
*
Joe Shishido as
Honda Tadakatsu - one of the
Shitennō
The Four Heavenly Kings are four Buddhist gods, each of whom is believed to watch over one cardinal direction of the world. In Chinese mythology, they are known collectively as the "Fēng Tiáo Yǔ Shùn" () or "Sìdà Tiānwáng" (). In the a ...
*
Hiroshi Katsuno as
Ii Naomasa - one of the Shitennō
*
Kōji Shimizu as
Sakakibara Yasumasa - one of the Shitennō
*
Taro Ishida as
Ōkubo Tadachika
was ''daimyō'' of Odawara Domain in Sagami Province in early Edo period, Japan.
Ōkubo Tadachika was the son of Ōkubo Tadayo, a hereditary vassal to the Tokugawa clan in what is now part of the city of Okazaki, Aichi. He entered into service a ...
*
Takashi Sasano as
Torii Mototada
was a Japanese Samurai and Daimyo of the Sengoku period through late Azuchi–Momoyama period, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. Torii died at the siege of Fushimi where his garrison was greatly outnumbered and destroyed by the army of Ishida M ...
*
Ryūzō Hayashi
Ryūzō, Ryuzo or Ryuuzou (written: , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese footballer and manager
*, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese writer
*, Japanese politician
* ...
as
Doi Toshikatsu
*
Mizuho Suzuki as
Itakura Katsushige
*
Masaki Terasoma as
Itakura Shigemasa
*
Hiroshi Iwasaki as
Sakai Tadayo
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period, and high-ranking government advisor, holding the title of ''Rōjū'', and later ''Tairō''.
The son of Sakai Shigetada, Tadayo was born in Nishio, Mikawa Province; his childhood name was Manchi ...
*
Katsumi Chō as Naitō Kiyonari
*
Saburo Ishikura
Saburo Ishikura (石倉 三郎 ''Ishikura Saburō'', born December 16, 1946 in Kagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor that has acted in several movies directed by Beat Takeshi
is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and ...
as
Aoyama Tadatoshi
Toyotomi
*
Onoe Kikunosuke V
Hamanoshima Keishi (濱ノ嶋 啓志, born 21 March 1970 as Keishi Hamasu) is a former sumo wrestler from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1992, reaching the top '' makuuchi'' division in 1994 ...
as
Toyotomi Hideyori
*
Mayumi Ogawa as
Yodo-dono
or (1569 – June 4, 1615) was a prominently placed figure in the late- Sengoku period. She was the daughter of Oichi and sister of Ohatsu and Oeyo. She was a concubine and second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was then the most powerfu ...
- the second wife of Hideyoshi
**
Mei Kurokawa as Cha-cha (young Yodo, flashback)
*
Mitsuko Kusabue as
Kōdai-in
(died October 17, 1624), formerly known as , , , was an aristocrat and Buddhist nun, founder of the temple Kōdai-ji in Kyoto, Japan. She was formerly the principal samurai wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi under the name of . Nussbaum, Louis-Fréd ...
- the first wife of Hideyoshi
*
Mayuko Fukuda as Yuihime - the daughter of Hideyori
*
Nenji Kobayashi as
Katagiri Katsumoto
*
Naoki Hosaka as
Ōno Harunaga
*Shingo Hiramatsu as
Oda Uraku
was a Japanese daimyō and a brother of Oda Nobunaga who lived from the late Sengoku period through the early Edo period. Also known as or , the Tokyo neighborhood Yūrakuchō is named for him. Nagamasu converted to Christianity in 1 ...
*
Teruhiko Saigō
was a Japanese singer and actor. As a singer, he was known as one of the three "''Gosanke''" (referring to ''gosanke'', the three great Tokugawa houses), along with Yukio Hashi and Kazuo Funaki. The stage name was based on the Meiji Restoration ...
as
Sanada Yukimura
*Hiroshi Hatanaka as
Kimura Shigenari
*
Takayuki Sugō
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He played paternal figures or mentors in various anime and audio productions.
Filmography
Anime series
*''Yu Yu Hakusho'' (1994) – Raizen
*'' Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini'' (1996) – Jean Pie ...
as
Konishi Yukinaga
*
Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Nakamura Kazu'uji
Council of Five Elders
*
Kazuo Kitamura
was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura. Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura. Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his act ...
as
Maeda Toshiie
was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as "Yari no Mataza" (槍の又左), Matazaemon (又左 ...
*
Ken Utsui as
Mōri Terumoto
*
Teruyuki Kagawa as
Ukita Hideie
*
Tsunehiko Kamijō as
Uesugi Kagekatsu
was a Japanese samurai ''daimyō'' during the Sengoku and Edo periods. He was the adopted son of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagetora’s brother in law.
Early life and rise
Kagekatsu was the son of Nagao Masakage, the head of the Ueda Nagao ...
Go-Bugyō
The or Five Commissioners, was an administrative organ of feudal Japan which later evolved into the ''Go-Tairō'' (Council of Five Elders). It was established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi when he became '' kampaku'' (Imperial regent) in 1585.
Duty
The C ...
*
Tōru Emori as
Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari (, 1559 – November 6, 1600) was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the ...
*Shinichiro Mikami as
Asano Nagamasa
*
Kei Satō as
Mashita Nagamori
was a ''daimyō'' in Azuchi–Momoyama period, and one of the '' Go-Bugyō'' appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Also called Niemon (仁右衛門) or by his court title, Uemon-no-jō (右衛門尉). He was sent to Korea as one of the Three Burea ...
*
Toshio Kurosawa
was a Japanese baseball outfielder who played eight seasons in the Japanese Baseball League from 1936 to 1947. His career was cut short due to typhoid fever, from which he died at age 33. Kurosawa's number 4 was retired by his last club, the Yo ...
as
Natsuka Masaie
was a daimyō in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. He was served Niwa Nagahide and later Hideyoshi. He was one of the ''Go-Bugyō'', or ''five commissioners'', appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Biography
He was born in Owari Province. Masaie served ...
*Hiroshi Kamiyama as
Maeda Gen'i
was a Buddhist priest from Mt. Hiei, retainer of Oda Nobunaga and later one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's '' Go-Bugyō'', along with Ishida Mitsunari, Asano Nagamasa, Mashita Nagamori and Natsuka Masaie. He entered the service of Oda Nobunaga some ...
Ishida family
*
Masane Tsukayama
is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Naha, Okinawa. His wife is opera singer . He is best known for dubbing over Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, Liam Neeson and Gabriel Byrne.
Filmography
Film
* '' Otoko wa Tsurai ...
as Ishida Masazumi
*
Taketoshi Naito as
Ishida Masatsugu
*
Keiko Takahashi
is a Japanese actress. Prior to marrying director Banmei Takahashi in 1982, she went by her maiden name . She debuted in the 1970 film ''High School Student Blues''. Her second film, ''おさな妻'', earned her the Golden Arrow Award for Newcome ...
as Orin - wife of Mitsunari
*
Isao Natsuyagi as
Shima Sakon
Eastern Army
*
Ryō Tamura as
Tōdō Takatora
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of Tōdō clan from the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo periods. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a light foot soldier) to become a ''daimyō''.
Biography
During his lifetime he changed his feudal ...
*
Shinji Yamashita as
Kuroda Nagamasa
*
Shunsuke Kariya
Shunsuke (written: , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese actor, talent and fashion model
*, Japanese baseball player
*, Ja ...
as
Katō Kiyomasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. His court title was Higo-no-kami. His name as a child was ''Yashamaru'', and first name was ''Toranosuke''. He was one of Hideyoshi's Seven Spears of Shizugatake.
Biograph ...
*
Keizō Kanie as
Fukushima Masanori
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Sengoku period to early Edo period who served as lord of the Hiroshima Domain. A retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he fought in the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583, and soon became known as one of Seven Sp ...
*Satoru Saitō as
Yamauchi Kazutoyo
*
Kei Suma as
Date Masamune
was a regional ruler of Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful ''daimyō'' in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai. An outstanding tactician, he was made all ...
*
Hatsunori Hasegawa as
Maeda Toshinaga
*
Tsutomu Isobe as
Ikeda Terumasa
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. His court title was '' Musashi no Kami''. Terumasa was also known by the nickname ''saigoku no shōgun'', or, "The ''Shōgun'' of Western Japan". Terumasa fought in many of the battles of the ...
*
Hideaki Tezuka as Tsuda Shigemoto
*
Hiroyuki Watanabe as
Asano Yoshinaga
*
Shirō Saitō as Tanaka Yoshimasa
*Taishi Horikoshi as
Sanada Nobuyuki
*Naoki Takemura as
Miyamoto Musashi
, also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer and rōnin, who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship a ...
Western Army
*
Toshiyuki Hosokawa as
Ōtani Yoshitsugu
*
Akaji Maro as
Shimazu Yoshihiro
*
Yūichirō Yamaguchi
Yūichirō, Yuichiro, Yuuichirou or Yuuichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yūichirō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
The characters used for "ichiro" (一郎) literally ...
as
Shimazu Toyohisa
*
Kazuma Suzuki
is a Japanese stage, film, television actor, film director, fashion designer, and former model.
Career
During his high school years, Suzuki was scouted at Harajuku and made his debut as a model in the fashion magazine ''POPEYE''. From there he ...
as
Kobayakawa Hideaki
(1577 – December 1, 1602) was the fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was gained the rank of ''Saemon no Kami'' (左衛門督) or in China ''Shikkingo'' (執金吾) at genpuku and held the court title ...
*
Ichirō Zaitsu as
Ankokuji Ekei
, he was a military monk and descendant of the Takeda clan of Aki province. He served Mōri clan and later Toyotomi clan.
Biography
Although it is certain that he was from the Aki Takeda clan, there are various theories about his birth year an ...
*Osami Nabe as
Kikkawa Hiroie
(December 7, 1561 – October 22, 1626) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period.
Hiroie's father was Kikkawa Motoharu and his mother was a daughter of Kumagai Nobunao.
Biography
He initially w ...
*
Shinya Ōwada as
Tachibana Muneshige
Kyōgoku
*
Akira Onodera as
Kyōgoku Takatsugu
*
Kuriko Namino as
Jōkō-in
Hosokawa
*
Isao Sasaki as
Hosokawa Tadaoki
was a Japanese samurai warrior of the late Sengoku period and early Edo period. He was the son of Hosokawa Fujitaka with Numata Jakō, and he was the husband of a famous Christian convert (Kirishitan), Hosokawa Gracia. For most of his life, ...
*
Kyōka Suzuki as
Hosokawa Gracia
*
Shun Oguri as
Hosokawa Tadatoshi
Imperial House
*
Hiroyuki Kinoshita
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was born in Saitama.
Filmography Film
*''Sennen no Koi Story of Genji'' (2001)
Television dramas
*''Tokugawa Yoshinobu'' (1998) (Prince Kuni Asahiko)
*''Aoi Tokugawa Sandai'' (2000) (Emperor Go-Yōzei)
...
as
Emperor Go-Yōzei
was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi–Momoyama period and the Edo period ...
*Yasumasa Ōba as
Emperor Go-Mizunoo
*
Minori Terada as
Nijō Akizane
*
Junpei Morita as Sanjōnishi Sane'eda
*
Noriko Ogawa as Sadako
**
Aki Maeda as young Sadako
*
Norihiro Inoue as
Kajūji Mitsutoyo
was a Japanese noble of the early Edo period. He was the author of the "Mitsutoyo Diary" (光豊公記), which is considered a valuable source of information relating to the Edo period.
Samurai
Japanese diarists
1576 births
1612 deaths ...
*
Kazutoyo Yoshimi as Karasumaru Mitsuhiro
Others
*
Nakamura Baijaku II as
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
, also known as , was a Japanese daimyo who was known for his influence in the politics of the early Edo period. He was the third son of Tokugawa Yorifusa (who in turn was the eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu) and succeeded him, becoming the s ...
, a.k.a. Mito Kōmon
*Kazuyo Asari as Sassa Sukesaburō, a.k.a. Suke-san
*
Machiko Washio as Asaka Tanpaku, a.k.a. Kaku-san
*Terence O'Brien as
William Adams, a.k.a. Miura Anjin
*Tim Knowles as
Richard Cocks
*
Yatsuko Tan'ami as Kenshō-in,
Takeda Shingen
, of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful Daimyo, daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.
Shingen was a warlord of ...
's daughter
*Natsuko Migiwa as
Maeda Matsu
*Mikio Shimizu as
Oda Nobukatsu
was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period. He was the second son of Oda Nobunaga. He survived the decline of the Oda clan from political prominence, becoming a ''daimyō'' in the early Edo period. Though often described as an inco ...
*Noriko Shōji as a reporter (herself)
*
San'yūtei Rakutarō
*Ryunosuke Kaneda as
Tenkai
*Hiroshi Ōkōchi as
Konchiin Sūden
Staff
*Music :
Taro Iwashiro
*Historical research : Shinzaburō Ōishi
*Architectural research : Kiyoshi Hirai
*Clothing research : Kiyoko Koizumi
*Sword fight arranger :
Kunishirō Hayashi
TV schedule
References
External links
NHK website
*
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Taiga drama
2000 Japanese television series debuts
2000 Japanese television series endings
Cultural depictions of Date Masamune
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Iemitsu
Television shows written by James Miki
Television series set in the 16th century
Television series set in the 17th century