Shibusawa Eiichi
was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". He spearheaded the introduction of Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He introduced many economic reforms including use of double-en ...
, a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". The series is the 60th NHKtaiga drama, premiered on February 14, 2021.
Shibusawa Eiichi
was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". He spearheaded the introduction of Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He introduced many economic reforms including use of double-en ...
(also known as Eijirō, Eiichirō, Tokudayū, Tokutarō)
**Masahito Kobayashi as young Eiichi
*
Kaoru Kobayashi Kaoru Kobayashi (小林 薫, ''Kobayashi Kaoru'') is a Japanese personal name:
* Kaoru Kobayashi (actor) (born 1951), a Japanese actor born in Kyoto
* Kaoru Kobayashi (murderer) (19682013), a pedophile who murdered Kaede Ariyama in Nara in 200 ...
as Shibusawa Ichirōemon, Eiichi's father
* Emi Wakui as Shibusawa Ei, Eiichi's mother
* Eri Murakawa as Shibusawa Naka, Eiichi's older sister
**Nanoha Oda as young Naka
*Ryōko Fujino as Shibusawa Tei, Eiichi's younger sister
**Honoka Yoshida as young Tei
* Kengo Kora as Shibusawa Kisaku (later known as Shibusawa Seiichirō), Eiichi's cousin
**Shūto Ishikawa as young Kisaku
* Riko Narumi as Shibusawa Yoshi, Kisaku's wife
* Sei Hiraizumi as Shibusawa Sōsuke, Eiichi's uncle
*
Mayumi Asaka
(born September 6, 1955) is a Japanese actress. One of her television roles was as the ninja Sagiri in the jidaigeki ''Abarenbo Shogun.''
As of 2005, she is still active in television commercials.
On August 31, 2006, she played a guest-star role ...
as Shibusawa Masa, Eiichi's aunt
*Rina Ono as Shibusawa Uta, Eiichi's daughter
**Chisato Yamasaki as young Uta
*Sawa Nimura as Ōuchi Kuni
*Yūki Izumisawa as Shibusawa Tokuji
*Shō Kasamatsu as Shibusawa Keizo
*Kentarō Tamura as
Hozumi Nobushige
Baron was a Japanese statesman and jurist of the Meiji period.
Hozumi was born in Uwajima Domain, Iyo Province (present-day Ehime Prefecture) as the second son to a family of ''kokugaku'' scholars. He graduated from the ''Kaisei Gakko'', (the ...
*Kenta Uchino as Sakatani Yoshirō
*Akana Ikeda as Shibusawa Kotoko
*
Yuko Oshima
is a Japanese actress and former member of Japanese idol girl group AKB48, of which she was the captain of Team K. She was also a member of the AKB48 subunit Not Yet. In addition to the singles that involved the rock-paper-scissors tournaments, ...
as Itō Kaneko, Eiichi's second wife
*Yūki Yagi as Shibusawa Fumiko
Odaka family
* Seiichi Tanabe as Odaka Junchū, Chiyo's older brother
*
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Okinawa Prefecture Koza High School. He is represented with Humanitè.
Mitsushima's older sister is former Folder and Folder 5 member turned actress Hikari Mitsushima. His younger sister is model Minami Mit ...
as Odaka Chōshichirō
**Kōsei Sutō as young Chōshichirō
*
Ai Hashimoto
is a Japanese actress, fashion model and singer.
Life
Hashimoto was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, the second of three daughters.星原克也「女優魂 橋本愛 14歳飛躍の幕開け」,『熊本日日新聞』(Kumamoto Nichinichi S ...
as Odaka Chiyo, Eiichi's first wife
**Aiko Iwasaki as young Chiyo
*Kenshi Okada as Odaka Heikurō (later known as Shibusawa Heikurō), Eiichi's cousin
**Haru Takagi as young Heikurō
*Satomi Tezuka as Odaka Yahe, Odaka family's mother
*Mai Tezuka as Odaka Kise, Junchū's wife
*Mei Hata as Odaka Yū, Junchū's daughter
Mito Domain
was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Hitachi Province in modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture.Naoto Takenaka as Tokugawa Nariaki, Yoshinobu's father and the 9th Lord of Mito
*Hideko Hara as Yoshiko, Yoshinobu's mother
*Ayumu Nakajima as Tokugawa Yoshiatsu, Nariaki's eldest son and the 10th Lord of Mito
*Rihito Itagaki as
Tokugawa Akitake
was a younger half-brother of the Japanese Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu and final daimyō of Mito Domain. He represented the Tokugawa shogunate at the courts of several European powers during the final days of Bakumatsu period Japan.
Biography ...
, Yoshiatsu and Yoshinobu's half-brother
*Ikkei Watanabe as Fujita Tōko, Nariaki's confidant
* Kanji Tsuda as
Takeda Kōunsai
was a Japanese samurai from Mito Domain and councillor to the ''daimyō'' of Mito Domain, Tokugawa Nariaki, in Bakumatsu period Japan. He became the leader of the Mito Rebellion and was executed by the Tokugawa shogunate with a large number of h ...
, Nariaki's confidant
*Kisetsu Fujiwara as Fujita Koshirō, Tōko's son
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Prince was the 15th and last ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned of his position as shogun in late 1867, while aiming ...
, the last
shogun
, officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...
**Motoi Kasamatsu as Shichirōmaro (young Yoshinobu)
*
Shinichi Tsutsumi
is a Japanese stage and screen actor. Internationally, he is best known for his roles as Koichi Takagi in the ''Monday'' films, Tetsuya Ishigami in the ''Suspect X'' films, and Jo Sawashiro in '' Yakuza: Like a Dragon.'' In Japan, he is best kno ...
as Hiraoka Enshirō, Yoshinobu's confidant
*
Yoshino Kimura
is a British-born Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series ''Masters of Horror''. Kimura won the "Rookie of the Year" prize at the 21st Japan Academy Film Prize, Japan Academy Awards for her ...
as Hiraoka Yasu, Enshirō's wife
*
Rie Mimura
is a Japanese actress. Her former stage name was Mimula. She is best known for her performance as Kyoko Okudera in ''One Missed Call 2''.
Filmography
Films
*''One Missed Call 2'' (2005)
*''Tengoku Kara no Yell'' (2011) – Michiko Oshiro
*'' Ch ...
as Tokushin-in, Yoshinobu's grandmother
* Rina Kawaei as Mika-gimi (Ichijō Mikako), Yoshinobu's wife
*Toshiya Tōyama as Ikai Katsusaburō, Hitotsubashi House's side servant
* Kazuki Namioka as Kawamura Ejūrō, Enshirō's subordinate
*Kimihiko Hasegawa as Nakane Chōjūrō
*Minosuke as Kurokawa Kahei
*
Hiroyuki Onoue
(born July 16, 1985), is a Japanese actor from Osaka Prefecture.
Selected filmography
TV drama
*''Doremisora'' (2002)
*'' Journey Under the Midnight Sun'' (2006)
*''Ryōmaden'' (2010), Itō Shunsuke
*''Carnation'' (2011)
*''Hana Moyu'' (2015)
...
as Hara Ichinoshin
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
Tokugawa family
*
Yoshi Ikuzō
is the stage name of , a Japanese famous enka singer-songwriter.
Enka is a popular genre akin to Japanese folk music or blues music in the Western world. He has released several popular albums. Amongst his most famous hits are "Sake-yo", "Suika ...
as
Tokugawa Ieyoshi
was the 12th ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan.Hall, John Whitney ''et al.'' (1991) ''Early Modern Japan',' p. 21./ref>
Biography
Ieyoshi was born as the second son of the 11th ''shōgun'', Tokugawa Ienari and named Toshijirō (敏 ...
, the 12th shogun
*Daichi Watanabe (Kuroneko Chelsea) as
Tokugawa Iesada
was the 13th ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He held office for five years from 1853 to 1858. He was physically weak and was therefore considered by later historians to have been unfit to be ''shōgun''. His reign marks the begin ...
, the 13th shogun
*
Mone Kamishiraishi
is a Japanese actress and singer. She is the older sister of actress and singer Moka Kamishiraishi.
Biography
Born in Kagoshima, Her family lived in Mexico for three years due to her father's work. She can speak English and a little bit of Spa ...
as Tenshō-in Atsuhime, Iesada's wife
*Rie Minemura as Utahashi, Iesada's nanny
*
Hayato Isomura
is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Blue Label.
Filmography
TV series
Films
Awards
References
External links
Official profile
*
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21st-century Japanese male actors
1992 births
L ...
as
Tokugawa Iemochi
(July 17, 1846 – August 29, 1866) was the 14th ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1858 to 1866.
During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of the "re-opening" of Japan to western nations. ...
, the 14th shogun
*Mai Fukagawa as Princess Kazu, Iemochi's wife and Emperor Kōmei's younger half-sister
Kenta Satoi
, born May 14, 1957 in the Chiba Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese theatre and film actor. His roles most often consist of either father-type roles, or conversely, villain roles in police dramas and action movies. In the sho-gekijo theatre realm h ...
as
Hotta Masayoshi
was the 5th Hotta ''daimyō'' of the Sakura Domain in the Japanese Edo period, who served as chief ''rōjū'' in the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate, where he played an important role in the negotiations of the Ansei Treaties with various fo ...
, member of Shogun's Council of Elders
*Hiroyuki Sase as
Kuze Hirochika
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Edo period, who ruled the Sekiyado Domain. He served as a rōjū in the Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military gove ...
*Ryūnosuke Karasawa as
Naitō Nobuchika
, was the 7th Naitō ''daimyō'' of Murakami Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was also known as Naitō Nobumoto (内藤信思). His courtesy title was ''Kii-no-kami''.Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on ...
Sakai Tadashige
was the 8th Japanese Daimyō of the Sakai clan, Himeji Domain and the last Tairō (Chief Minister) of the Tokugawa Shogunate,.
He was appointed Tairō on 26 February 1865 after the assassination of Ii Naosuke, until his dismissal on 29 December ...
*Takeshi Matsumura as
Mizuno Tadakiyo
was a ''daimyō'' during Bakumatsu period Japan, who served as chief senior councilor (''Rōjū'') in service to the Tokugawa shogunate.
Biography
Mizuno Tadakiyo was the eldest son of Mizuno Tadakuni, the ''daimyō'' of Hamamatsu Domain and c ...
Mitsuru Hirata
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award and the award for best supporting actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Fall Guy''.
Filmography
Films
*''Fall Guy'' (1982), Yasu
*''Theater of Life'' (198 ...
as Kawaji Toshiakira, Chief Financial Official
*Yasuhi Nakamura as
Nagai Naoyuki
, also known as or , was a Japanese hatamoto under the Tokugawa of Bakumatsu period Japan.
His great-great-grandchild was Yukio Mishima. Naoyuki's adopted son, Iwanojō Nagai, was the father of Natsu, who was Mishima's grandmother. Iwanojō's r ...
Shinsengumi
The was a special police force organized by the (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863. It was active until 1869. It was founded to protect the shogunate representatives in Kyoto at a time when ...
*
Keita Machida
is a Japanese actor. He is a member of the theater group Gekidan Exile.
Machida is represented with LDH.
Biography
Machida was born on 4 July 1990, in Higashiagatsuma, Japan. He has one younger and one older sister. Starting in elementary ...
as
Hijikata Toshizō
was a Japanese warrior. As of the ''Shinsengumi'', he resisted the Meiji Restoration and fought to his end.
Background
was born on May 31, 1835, in the Ishida village, Tama region of Musashi Province (present day Ishida, Hino, Tokyo), Jap ...
Others
*
Jun Shison
is a Japanese actor and member of male actors group D-BOYS & D2 affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment.
Career
Shizon joined the D2 actor group (now merged with D-Boys) in 2011. He made his acting debut in ''The Prince of Tennis'' stage musical ...
as Sugiura Aizō
*Mansaku Ikeuchi as Kurimoto Joun
*Sō Yamanaka as Tanabe Taichi
*Akira Okamori as Mukōyama Kazufumi
*
Yoshihiko Hosoda
is a Japanese actor from Tokyo who has starred the movies ''Detroit Metal City'' (2008) and ''Ooku'' (2010). He was once affiliated to the talent agency Stardust Promotion under his stage name Yoshihiko Hosoda (though his first name is written in ...
as Dr. Takamatsu Ryōun
*
Atsuhiro Inukai
is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Burning Production.
Biography
In the 25th '' Junon'' Super Boy Contest in 2012, he won the Grand Prix from among 13,816 total applicants.
He made his acting debut in 2014, in the daytime band drama '' ...
Aizu
is the westernmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two regions being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Hamadōri in the east. As of October 1, 2010, it had a population of 291,838. The princip ...
Matsudaira Sadaaki
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Bakumatsu period, who was the last ruler of the Kuwana Domain. Sadaaki was the adopted heir of Matsudaira Sadamichi, the descendant of Sadatsuna, the third son of Hisamatsu Sadakatsu (1569–1623), who was Tok ...
Matsudaira Yoshinaga
, also known as Matsudaira Keiei,Beasley, William G. (1955). ''Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868'', p. 335. or better known as Matsudaira Shungaku (春嶽) was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period. He was head of the ...
Satsuma Domain
The , briefly known as the , was a domain (''han'') of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871.
The Satsuma Domain was based at Kagoshima Castle in Satsuma Province, the core of the modern city of Kagoshima, ...
*Shin'ya Niiro as Shimazu Nariakira, 28th Head of the Shimazu clan
*Narushi Ikeda as
Shimazu Hisamitsu
Prince , also known as , was a Japanese samurai
were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the ...
, Lord of Satsuma Domain and the guardian of Shigehisa
*
Hanamaru Hakata
is a Japanese comedian who performs '' boke'' of the double act Hanamaru-Daikichi Hakata, in which his partner is Daikichi Hakata. After working with Fukuoka Yoshimoto, he joined Yoshimoto Creative Agency (Tokyo Yoshimoto) since 2005.
Biography
...
as
Saigō Takamori
was a Japanese samurai and nobleman. He was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration. Living during the late Edo and early Meiji periods, he later led the Satsum ...
*
Kanji Ishimaru
is a Japanese musical actor and singer. Ishimaru is signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan. He grew up in Ichihara, Chiba and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.
Biography
Ishimaru played various instruments, such as the piano, cel ...
Yu Tokui
is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1987.
Selected filmography Films
Television
References
External links
*
1959 births
Living people
Male actors from Osaka
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male ...
Mishima Michitsune
was a Japanese samurai of the Satsuma Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration he served in the Home Ministry as a bureaucrat and viscount. He is also commonly known as Yahei or Yahée (弥兵衞 ''Yahee'').
His s ...
*Onoe Ukon II as Emperor Kōmei, 121st Emperor of Japan
*Naoki Inukai as
Emperor Meiji
, also called or , was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Reigning from 13 February 1867 to his death, he was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan and presided over the Meiji era. He was the figur ...
, 122nd Emperor of Japan
**Suzuri Shibasaki as Prince Sachi
*Takaya Yamauchi as
Iwakura Tomomi
was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period. He was one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration, which saw Japan's transition from feudalism to modernity.
Born to a noble family, he was adopted by the influential Iwa ...
*Yōhei Okuda as
Prince Kuni Asahiko
was a member of a collateral line of the Japanese imperial family who played a key role in the Meiji Restoration. Prince Asahiko was an adopted son of Emperor Ninkō and later a close advisor to Emperor Kōmei and Emperor Meiji. He was the grea ...
*
Yuta Kanai
is a Japanese actor.
Filmography
Film
*''A Class to Remember IV'' (2000), Daisuke Kawashima
*'' L: Change the WorLd'' (2008)
*'' Confessions'' (2010)
*'' From Me to You'' (2010)
*'' 64: Part I'' (2016)
*'' 64: Part II'' (2016)
*''Fragments of th ...
as
Sanjō Sanetomi
Prince was a Japanese Imperial court noble and statesman at the time of the Meiji Restoration. He held many high-ranking offices in the Meiji government.
Biography
Born in Kyoto, Sanjō was the son of ''Naidaijin'' Sanjō Sanetsumu. He hel ...
*Keiichirō Mori as
Nijō Nariyuki
was a Japanese '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the late Edo period and the early Meiji period. He was the last '' kampaku'' regent in Japanese history and the last ''sesshō'' as a subject. He was the 26th head of the Nijō family.
Life
Nijō Na ...
Matthew C. Perry
Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). He played a leading role in the op ...
, a commodore of the U.S. Navy
*Blake Crawford as Henry A. Adams
*Charles Glover as Townsend Harris
*René Budeck as
Henry Heusken
Hendrick Conrad Joannes Heusken (January 20, 1832 – January 15, 1861) was a Dutch-American interpreter for the first American consulate in Japan, established at Gyokusen-ji in Shimoda, Shizuoka in the late Bakumatsu period.Kyle Card
Kyle Lawrence Card (born July 27, 1985) is a Canadian actor and television reporter. Card is best known for his role of Kyle in the Japanese on demand series “ The Benza” and spin-off series “ Benza English” on Amazon Prime Video. He also ...
as
Ernest Mason Satow
Sir Ernest Mason Satow, (30 June 1843 – 26 August 1929), was a British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist.
Satow is better known in Japan than in Britain or the other countries in which he served, where he was known as . He was a key fig ...
Alexander von Siebold
Alexander George Gustav von Siebold (August 16, 1846 – January 1911) was a German translator and interpreter active in Japan during the Bakumatsu period and early Meiji period. He was the eldest son of Japanologist Philipp Franz Balthasar von ...
*Greg Dale as Paul Flury-Hérard
*Didier Carelock as Léon Roches
*Jeffrey Rowe as Charles de Montblanc
*Julien Jaulin as
Napoleon III
Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ...
*Marie Moilliet as
Eugénie de Montijo
''Doña'' María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (), was Empress of the French from her marriage to Emperor Napo ...
*Nozomi de Lencquesaing as
Mermet de Cachon
Eugène-Emmanuel Mermet-Cachon (10 September 1828 – 14 March 1889), was a French priest and Roman Catholic missionary in Bakumatsu period Japan, who served as interpreter for and advisor to French diplomatic missions, playing crucial role in th ...
*Arno Le Gall as Leopold II of Belgium
*Massimo Biondi as Paul Brunat
*Riccardo Balzarini as
Alexander Allan Shand
Alexander Allan Shand (11 February 1844 - 12 April 1930) was a British banker most known for his work in the development of accountacy and early proposal of a central bank in the Japanese banking system during the meiji period.
Early life
Shand ...
*Frederic Benoliel as
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
*Michelle Take as
Julia Grant
Julia Boggs Grant (née Dent; January 26, 1826 – December 14, 1902) was the first lady of the United States and wife of President Ulysses S. Grant. As first lady, she became a national figure in her own right. Her memoirs, '' The Personal Memo ...
*Brent Olian as
Jesse Grant
Jesse Root Grant (January 23, 1794 – June 29, 1873) was an American farmer, tanner and successful leather merchant who owned tanneries and leather goods shops in several different states throughout his adult life. He is best known as the ...
*Gaetano Totaro as
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
*Neil Garrison as
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...
*Dong Hao as
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen (; also known by several other names; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)Singtao daily. Saturday edition. 23 October 2010. section A18. Sun Yat-sen Xinhai revolution 100th anniversary edition . was a Chinese politician who serve ...
*Ricky Anderson as
Frank A. Vanderlip
Frank Arthur Vanderlip Sr. (November 17, 1864 – June 30, 1937) was an American banker and journalist. He was president of the National City Bank of New York (now Citibank) from 1909 to 1919, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 18 ...
Lyman J. Gage
Lyman Judson Gage (June 28, 1836 – January 26, 1927) was an American financier and Presidential Cabinet officer.
Biography Early life
He was born in DeRuyter, New York, educated at an academy in Rome, New York, and at the age of 17 bec ...
The new government
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Ikusaburo Yamazaki
is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by Ken-On. His fiancé is actress and singer Natsumi Abe
is a Japanese singer and actress, a former member of Morning Musume, and currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.
Biography Caree ...
as
Itō Hirobumi
was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan. He was also a leading member of the ''genrō'', a group of senior statesmen that dictated Japanese policy during the Meiji era.
A London-educated samur ...
*Kōji Ōkura as
Ōkuma Shigenobu
Marquess was a Japanese statesman and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy. He served as Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan in 1898 and from 1914 to 1916. Ōkuma was also an early advocate of Western science and culture in Japan, and ...
*Aki Asakura as Ōkuma Ayako, Shigenobu's wife
*Shūichirō Masuda as
Etō Shinpei
was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period, remembered chiefly for his role in the unsuccessful Saga Rebellion.
Early life and Meiji bureaucrat
Etō was born into a crestless and poor samurai family in Yae (modern-day Saga), i ...
*Masaki Miura as
Maejima Hisoka
Baron , born , was a Japanese statesman, politician, and businessman in Meiji-period Japan. Maejima founded the Japanese postal service, and is known as , or "Father of the Postal System".
Early life
Maejima was born as Ueno Fusagorō, in ...
* Wataru Takagi as Tamano Yofumi
*Kaisei Kamimura as Akamatsu Noriyoshi
*
Seiji Fukushi
is a Japanese actor represented by Owlm. He was a member of Imai Office until 31 March 2015.
Biography
Fukushi auditioned and debuted in the Mizkan advertisement "Kin no Tsubu" in 2001. His drama debut was in the Fuji Television drama ''The Long ...
as Inoue Kaoru
*Reika Manaki as Inoue Takeko
*Ren Komai as Inoue Sueko
*Kazuaki Hankai as
Komura Jutarō
was a Japanese statesman and diplomat.
*Reki Amada as
Katō Takaaki
Count was a Japanese politician, diplomat, and Prime Minister of Japan from 1924 until his death on 28 January 1926, during the period which historians have called " Taishō Democracy". He was also known as Katō Kōmei.
Early life
Katō, w ...
*
Kenjirō Ishimaru
is a Japanese actor and TV narrator. He is best known for his role in Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Den-O'' as the owner of the DenLiner. He has also appeared in multiple competitions of ''Sasuke'' as a competitor and during that time has ...
Yoshimasa Kondo
, born on August 13, 1961 in Nagoya, Japan, is a Japanese theatre and film actor.
Biography
He debuted as an extra in the series ''Chu-gaku-sei Nikki'', and was later written into the script. He later gained notability while working with the ...
Tokugawa Iesato
Prince was the first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu, and a significant figure in Japanese politics and diplomacy during the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. When Prince Tokugawa travelled to ...
*Tōsei Ishida as
Kaneko Kentarō
was a statesman, diplomat, and legal scholar in Meiji period Japan. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he drew on his connections in the American legal community over the course of his long career in Japanese government, particularly in his role ...
Mitsubishi Group
The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.
Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 ...
*Nakamura Shikan VIII as
Iwasaki Yatarō
was a Japanese industrialist and financier known as the founder of Mitsubishi, one of Japan's largest conglomerates.
Early life
Iwasaki Yatarō was born on 9 January 1835 in Aki, Tosa Province (now Kōchi Prefecture) into a provincial farmin ...
*
Shugo Oshinari
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Oshinari co-starred in Shunji Iwai's ''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' with Hayato Ichihara. He also appeared in films such as Kenta Fukasaku's '' Battle Royale II: Requiem'' and Takahisa Zeze's ''Heaven's Story''.
Filmog ...
as
Iwasaki Yanosuke
was a Japanese banker, businessman, investor, and politician. He served as the 4th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). He was created a Baron in 1900; and he was a member of Japan's House of Peers.
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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 fellow ...
, the first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the host of the series.
*Tōru Watanabe as Umeda Shinnosuke, Armor dealer in Edo
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Hiroshi Tamaki
is a Japanese actor, singer, and model from Nagoya, Japan. When he was still in high school, he was discovered by a talent agent while out shopping with friends. He made his debut in the drama ''Am I Weird?'' (私ってへん？ ''Watashitte Hen ...
as
Takashima Shūhan
was a samurai and military engineer in Bakumatsu period Japan. He is significant in having started to import flintlock guns from the Netherlands at the end of Japan's period of Seclusion, during the Late Tokugawa Shogunate.Jansen, Marius. (20 ...
, Western-style gunner
*Yoshi Sakō as Tone Yoshiharu, Okabe Domain magistrate
*Shunya Itabashi as Sanada Hannosuke, swordsman
*Ginnojō Yamazaki as Ōhashi Totsuan, Edo Confucian scholar
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Tetsu Watanabe
is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989.
Selected filmography Film
Television
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External links
Agency profile
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1950 births
Living people
People from Tokoname
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as Kakubei
*Tomori Abe as Suma
*Shōdai Fukuyama as Kōno Kenzō
*Masataka Matsubara as Inokichi
*Hajime Yamazaki as Rōro Sakatani
*Daikichi Sugawara as
Date Munenari __NOTOC__
The Marquis was the eighth head of the Uwajima Domain during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and a politician of the early Meiji era.
Early life
Munenari was born in Edo, the 4th son of the hatamoto Yamaguchi Naokatsu. Munenari, then k ...
, 8th Head of the
Uwajima Domain
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was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now western Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It was centered around Uwajima Castle, and was ruled throug ...
*Ryūshi Mizukami as
Yamauchi Yōdō
Yamauchi Toyoshige
, also known as , was a Japanese ''daimyō'' in the Shikoku region in the late Edo period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Yamauchi Toyoshige"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 1045. He was usually referred to as “Lord Yōdō” ...
, 15th Head of the
Tosa Domain
The was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Tosa Province in what is now Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It was centered around Kōchi Castle, and was ruled throughout its history by t ...
*Takuo Inari as
Tokugawa Yoshikatsu
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain as its 14th (1849–1858) and 17th daimyō (1870–1880). He was the brother of Matsudaira Katamori. His childhood name was Hidenosuke (秀之助).
Early years
Yoshik ...
, 14th Head of the
Owari Domain
The was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period. Located in what is now the western part of Aichi Prefecture, it encompassed parts of Owari, Mino, and Shinano provinces. Its headquarters were at Nagoya Castle. At its peak, it was rated at ...
*Nakamura Mantarō as
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper '' Jiji-Shinpō'', and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.
Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. His ...
* Issey Ogata as Minomura Rizaemon
*Junpei Yasui as
Masuda Takashi
Baron , was a Japanese industrialist, investor, and art collector. He was a prominent entrepreneur in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a ''zaibatsu'' through the creation of a general t ...
*Hisahiro Ogura as Ono Zen'emon
*Katsumi Kiba as Ōkubo Ichiō
* Yōji Tanaka as Hagiwara Shirobei
*Tadashi Ōtake as Hiraoka Junzō
*Ryūji Kasahara as
Kijima Matabei
, also known as Masahisa (政久), was a Japanese samurai who served as a retainer to Lord Mōri of Chōshū. Though his name was Masahisa, he is known by his "common" name of Matabei. While his income (a stipend of 59 koku) may not have been p ...
*Kumi Kureshiro as Masuda Eiko
*Takashi Okabe as
Ōkura Kihachirō
was a Japanese people, Japanese entrepreneur who founded the ''Ōkura-gumi'' ''zaibatsu'', which later became the Taisei Corporation, and the ''Ōkura Shōgyō Gakkō'' ("Okura Commerce School") which later became Tokyo Keizai University, Tokyo ...
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Rio Kanno
is a Japanese actress, formerly a child actress, and tarento from Saitama Prefecture affiliated with Amuse, Inc.
Kanno graduated from Hosei University Faculty of Sustainability Studies.
Filmography Films
TV Drama
References
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as Ōkura Tokuko
*Kōki Osamura as Sasaki Yūnosuke
*Kanda Hakuzan VI as Kanda Hakuzan II
* Jiro Okamoto as Kijūrō
*Kōzō Haginoya as
Kodama Gentarō
Viscount was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a government minister during the Meiji period. He was instrumental in establishing the modern Imperial Japanese military.
Early life
Kodama was born on March 16, 1852, in Toku ...
*Kazu Murakami as Dr. Takaki
*Hiro Ueno as Yasoda Meitarō
*Yūichi Yasoda as
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Baron was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong during an outbreak in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin.
Kitasato was nominated ...