''Taiheiki'' (太平記) is a 1991 Japanese historical television series and the 29th NHK taiga drama. It is based on the 1958 novel ''Shihon Taiheiki'' by

Eiji Yoshikawa was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels are revisions of older classics. He was mainly influenced by classics such as ''The Tale of the Heike'', '' Tale of Genji'', ''Water Margin'' and '' Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', ...

Plot

Ashikaga Takauji was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate."Ashikaga Takauji" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 625. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromac ...

cooperated with

Emperor Go-Daigo Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 ''Go-Daigo-tennō'') (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')後醍醐天皇 (96) retrieved 2013-8-28. according to the traditional orde ...

and overthrew the

Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459. The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no ...

. The emperor began the

Kenmu Restoration The was a three-year period of Imperial rule in Japanese history between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period from 1333 to 1336. The Kenmu Restoration was an effort made by Emperor Go-Daigo to overthrow the ruling Kamakura Shogunate ...

, but the samurai are more dissatisfied than before. As the leader of samurai, Takauji is worried about whether to establish a new shogunate.

Cast

Ashikaga clan The was a prominent Japanese samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1333 to 1573. The Ashikaga were descended from a branch of the Minamoto clan, deriving originally from the town of Ashikaga in ...

* Hiroyuki Sanada as

Yasuko Sawaguchi is a Japanese actress. Biography She was born in Osaka. In early 1984, the Japanese movie studio Toho Company Ltd. held their first Toho Cinderella beauty contest, and Yasuko, almost 19 at the time, was chosen as the first Toho Cinderella, beat ...

as Akahashi Tōko (Tōshi), Takauji's wife * Ken Ogata as Ashikaga Sadauji, Takauji's father * Shiho Fujimura as Uesugi Kiyoko, Takauji's mother *

Masanobu Takashima is a Japanese film and television actor. Career He has appeared in over 20 television productions and ten films in Japan and other countries as well. Takashima appeared as Daisuke Matoba in the 2008 film '' L: Change the World'' (also known a ...

Ashikaga Tadayoshi "Ashikaga Tadayoshi" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 624. was a general of the Northern and Southern Courts period (1337–92) of Japanese history and a close associate ...

, Takauji's younger brother *Kataoka Takatarō as

Ashikaga Yoshiakira was the second ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1358 to 1367 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshiakira was the son of the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji. His mother was A ...

, Takauji's heir **Yūsuke Morita as Senjuō (young Yoshiakira) *Michitaka Tsutsui as Ashikaga Tadafuyu, Takauji's illegitimate son **Yūichirō Yamazaki as Izayamaru (young Tadafuyu) * Yasuo Daichi as Isshiki Umanosuke * Akira Emoto as

Kō no Moronao was a Japanese samurai of the Nanboku-chō period who was the first to hold the position of '' Shitsuji'' (''Shōgun''s Deputy). He was appointed by Ashikaga Takauji, the first ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate. As Deputy, he served not on ...

*Kazunaga Tsuji as Kō no Moroshige * Sansei Shiomi as Kō no Moroyasu * Toru Abe as Kō no Morouji * Kohji Moritsugu as

Hosokawa Akiuji was a ''samurai'' general in the service of the Ashikaga Northern Court, during Japan's Nanboku-chō period. Life In 1338, he was sent by Ashikaga Takauji to assist in the defence of the Kuromaru, a fortress belonging to ''Kanrei'' Shiba Ta ...

*Akira Yamanouchi as Kira Sadayoshi *Don Kantarō as Imagawa Norikuni

Hōjō clan The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of '' shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family wielded actual political power in Japan during this period ...
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Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459. The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no ...
)

Tsurutaro Kataoka is a Japanese television personality, actor, artist, and former professional boxer. For his role in the 1988 film '' The Discarnates'', he won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards, at the 13th Hochi Film Award, and ...

as Hōjō Takatoki, the 14th ''

shikken The was a titular post held by a member of the Hōjō clan, officially a regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period, and so he was head of the ''bakufu'' (shogunate). It was part of the era referred to as . During roug ...

'' * Kiyoshi Kodama as Kanesawa (Hōjō) Sadaaki, the 15th ''shikken'' * Hiroshi Katsuno as Akahashi (Hōjō) Moritoki, the last ''shikken'' and Takauji's brother-in-law. * Frankie Sakai as Nagasaki Enki *Tokuma Nishioka as Nagasaki Takasuke *Tamaki Sawa as Kakukai-ni *Akane Oda as Akiko * Junkichi Orimoto as Shioya Muneharu *

Chikao Ohtsuka was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was most known for the roles of Captain Hook ('' Peter Pan no Bōken & Disney's Peter Pan''), Dick Dastardly ('' Wacky Races'' & ''Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines''), Goemon Ishi ...

as Doisado no Zenshi *Kunio Kaga as Adachi Moriyasu

The Imperial Court

*Kataoka Takao as

*Daijirō Tsusumi as Prince Moriyoshi *

Mieko Harada is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974. Career Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film '' Ran'', ...

as Ano Renshi *Terutake Tsuji as Emperor Kōgon

Kugyō is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre- Meiji eras. The term generally referred to the and court officials and denoted a court rank between First Rank and Third Rank un ...
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Kuge The was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese Imperial Court in Kyoto. The ''kuge'' were important from the establishment of Kyoto as the capital during the Heian period in the late 8th century until the rise of the Kamaku ...

* Masaomi Kondō as

Kitabatake Chikafusa was a Japanese court noble and writer of the 14th century who supported the Southern Court in the Nanboku-cho period, serving as advisor to five Emperors. Some of his greatest and most famous work was performed during the reign of Emperor G ...

* Kumiko Goto as

Kitabatake Akiie was a Japanese court noble, and an important supporter of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō Wars. He also held the posts of Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North, and Governor of Mutsu Province. His father was Imperial adv ...

* Takaaki Enoki as Hino Toshimoto * Masahiro Motoki as Chigusa Tadaaki *Hōsei Komatsu as Nawa Nagatoshi * Hatsunori Hasegawa as Saionji Kinmune *Takashi Fujiki as Bōmon Kiyotada *

Norihiro Inoue was a Japanese actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Biography He graduated from Hosei University in 1982, and soon after in 1985, began acting in numerous TV dramas, anime television series, and stage plays. Inoue died of esophageal canc ...

as Shijō Takasuke *

Mitsuru Miyamoto is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. He is attached to Theatre Company Subaru. He is best known for Keiichi Nakagawa from '' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'', Roger Smith from '' The Big O'', Ougai Mori f ...

as Nijō Michihira *

Akaji Maro is a Japanese actor, Butoka, and theater director. Early life In 1943, Maro was born in Sakurai, Nara, Japan. Career Maro's film career began in 1980. As an actor, Maro has over 42 film. In 1972 Maro is the founder of Dairakudakan Temput ...

as Monkan *Baku Ōwada as Madenokōji Fujifusa

Nitta clan The was one of several major families descended from the Seiwa Genji, and numbered among the chief enemies of the Hōjō clan regents, and later the Ashikaga shogunate. The common ancestor of the Nitta, Minamoto no Yoshishige (1135 – 1202 ...

* Kenichi Hagiwara (episodes 1-7)Hagiwara dropped out due to his health reasons. →

Jinpachi Nezu was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1974 and 2010. He starred in the 1982 film '' Farewell to the Land'', which was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. Partial filmography ...

Nitta Yoshisada was a samurai lord of the Nanboku-chō period Japan. He was the head of the Nitta clan in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-chō period. He famously marched on Kamakura, besiegin ...

* Masumi Miyazaki as Kōtō no Naishi * Yoshizumi Ishihara as Wakiya Yoshisuke

Kawachi Province was a province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture. It originally held the southwestern area that was split off into Izumi Province. It was also known as . Geography The area was radically different in the past, with Kawa ...

* Tetsuya Takeda as

Kusunoki Masashige was a Japanese samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty. Kusunoki fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore power in Japan to the Imperial Court. Kusuno ...

*Mariko Fuji as Hisako *Hidekazu Akai as Kusunoki Masasue *Shigeyuki Nakamura as

Kusunoki Masatsura , along with his father Kusunoki Masashige, Masashige and brothers Kusunoki Masanori, Masanori and Kusunoki Masatoki, Masatoki, was a supporter of the Southern Imperial Court during Japan's Nanboku-cho, Nanbokucho Wars. Masatsura was one of the p ...

**Seidai Katō as young Masatsura

Hanayasha Theatre Group

* Kanako Higuchi as Hanayasha * Toshirō Yanagiba as Ishi **Ryō Takayama as young Ishi *

Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposur ...

as Fujiyasha, Izayamaru's mother **Chikako Oba as young Fujiyasha *Hideki Nishioka as Kanze Kiyotsugu

Others

* Takanori Jinnai as Sasaki Dōyō * Tetsu Watanabe as Akamatsu Enshin * Etsushi Takahashi as Momonoi Tadatsune * Etsushi Toyokawa * Takako Tokiwa

Production credit

*Sword fight arranger -

Kunishirō Hayashi was a Japanese actor, action director, martial artist and sword fight arranger. He served as a sword fight arranger in almost all of the Taiga drama series on NHK in his lifetime. In 1963, he founded stunt performers production company ''Wakako ...

TV schedule

References

External links

NHK Official
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taiheiki Taiga drama 1991 Japanese television series debuts 1991 Japanese television series endings Television series set in the 14th century