is a television program broadcast on January 2, 2008, on the

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network in

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. It was the 28th in the annual ''Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki'' series. Ten hours long, it began at 2:00 p.m. and ran until midnight. The production stars

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, eighth

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portrays Ten'ichi-bō, a youth portrayed as a son of the young Yoshimune.

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. Yoshimune's mother, Oyuri, is

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. Sakurai Sachiko,

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, Miki Sakai,

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(as Ejima),

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, Waka Inoue, Sachiko Kokubu, and

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appear. Veteran actor

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plays

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, Yoshimune's father.

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, who supported Yoshimune's bid to become shogun, is portrayed by

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portrays Ōishi Kuranosuke, leader of the

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, and Toshiyuki Nishida (whose major roles include Yoshimune in the NHK Taiga drama based on his life) takes the role of

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. Another veteran Yoshimune,

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(for 25 years the star of '' Abarenbō Shōgun''), appears as Tsuchiya Mondonosuke. The program is based on the two-volume

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''Yoshimune to Ten'ichi-bō'' by

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, the author who wrote the '' Sleepy Eyes of Death (Nemuri Kyōshirō)'' series and ''

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''. Shunka Nagasaka (''

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, Japan Sinks,

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'') wrote the script. Ichikura Haruo and Kōjirō Fujioka are the directors. The show is a joint production of TV Tokyo and Toei.

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Belluna Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki ''Tokugawa Fūunroku''
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