is a 1983 Japanese
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "historical drama, period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, crafts ...
television series. The story is set in whole
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
in
Ōoku
The was historically the harem, women's quarters of Edo Castle, the section where the women connected to the reigning resided. Similar areas in the castles of powerful , such as the Satsuma Domain, were also referred to by this term.
During ...
and is fiction set against a background of historical fact. The Ōoku was where thousands of women work for one
Tokugawa shogun and the part the ladies lived in
Edo Castle
is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is therefore also known as .
Tokugawa Ieyasu established th ...
.
Cast
Tokugawa shogun and people of Ōoku
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Komaki Kurihara as
Oeyo
, , or : 1573 – September 15, 1626) was a noblewoman in Japan's Azuchi–Momoyama period and early Edo period. She was a daughter of Oichi and the sister of Yodo-dono and Ohatsu. When she rose to higher political status during the Tokugawa s ...
(episode1-3,50,51)
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Tomisaburo Wakayama as
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...
(episode1-2)
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Katsuo Nakamura
is a Japanese actor. Nakamura is a former Kabuki actor as well as his older brother Kinnosuke Nakamura. His first film appearance was in the 1955 film ''Furisode Kenpo''. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy Prize ...
as
Tokugawa Hidetada (episode1-3,8)
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Masaya Oki as
Tokugawa Iemitsu
was the third ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa dynasty. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Hidetada with Oeyo, and the grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lady Kasuga was his wet nurse, who acted as his political adviser and was at the ...
(episode3-8,10,11,13)
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Naoko Otani /
Misako Watanabe as
Lady Kasuga
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Mieko Takamine as Sosinni
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Haruko Kato as
Senhime (episode14-16)
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Mitsuko Kusabue as Asukai (episode14-16)
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Ken Tanaka as
Tokugawa Ietsuna (episode14-16)
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Masahiko Tsugawa
, born Masahiko Katō (加藤 雅彦 ''Katō Masahiko''; January 2, 1940 – August 4, 2018) was a Japanese actor and director.
Career
Tsugawa was born January 2, 1940, in Kyoto, Japan. After acting as a child, he made his major debut at 16 in t ...
as
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (episode18-20,22,23,25,26)
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Yoko Tsukasa as Nobuko (episode18,19,21,-23,25,26)
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Meiko Kaji as Uemonnosuke no Tsubone (episode22.23)
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as
Tokugawa Ienobu
(11 June 1662 – 12 November 1712) was the sixth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the eldest son of Tokugawa Tsunashige, thus making him the nephew of Tokugawa Ietsuna and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the grandson of Tokugawa Iem ...
(episode26-29)
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Ayumi Ishida /
Kyoko Enami
was a Japanese film and television actress.
Career
Enami was the daughter of the actress Kazuko Enami. She joined the Daiei Film studio in 1959 and made her screen debut in 1960 with ''Ashita kara otona da''. Her first starring role as Noboriry ...
as Gekkoin
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Isuzu Yamada as Yuri (episode33,34)
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Takeshi Kaga
, real name , is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show ''Iron Chef'' produced by Fuji TV.
Biography
Kaga was born on October 12, 1950, ...
as Tokugawa Yoshimune (episode31-37,39)
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Toshiyuki Hosokawa as
Tokugawa Ieharu
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Tetsuro Tamba as
Tokugawa Ienari
Tokugawa Ienari (, 18 November 1773 – 22 March 1841) was the eleventh and longest-serving ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who held office from 1787 to 1837.Hall, John Whitney ''et al.'' (1991) ''Early Modern Japan'', p. 21./ref> ...
(episode43)
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Gaku Yamamoto as
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Kazoku, 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 his position as shogun in late 1867, while ai ...
Others
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Akiko Koyama as
Yodo-dono
or (1569 – June 4, 1615), also known as Lady Chacha (茶々), was a Japanese historical figure in the late Sengoku period. She was the concubine and the second wife of Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As the mother of his son and successor ...
(episode1)
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Kenichi Kaneda as
Tokugawa Tadanaga
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Eitaro Ozawa
, also credited as Sakae Ozawa (小沢栄), was a Japanese film actor and stage actor and director. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1988, directed by notable filmmakers such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita ...
as
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
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Mikijiro Hira as
Matsudaira Nobutsuna (episode14)
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Shigeru Kōyama as
Sakai Tadakiyo (episode18)
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Takahiro Tamura as
Makino Narisada (episode20)
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Akira Kume as Ando Tsushima
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Teruhiko Aoi (episode18,19,22,25,26)
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So Yamamura as
Arai Hakuseki(episode27-29)
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Shigeru Amachi as
Manabe Akifusa (episode27,28, 31-34)
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Yoshio Inaba as Arima Ujinori (episode37)
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Kojiro Hongo as
Ōoka Tadasuke (episode39)
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Teruhiko Saigo as
Abe Masahiro (episode45)
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Asao Koike as
Ii Naosuke
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Hiroki Matsukata as
Kirino Toshiaki (episode50,51)
Fictional Characters
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Keiko Takahashi as Ohatsu
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Yōko Nogiwa as Otowa (episode17)
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Misako Tanaka as Okin
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Kantaro Suga as Sekine Rokubei
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Mieko Harada as Takigawa
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Kumi Mizuno as Sakon (episode38)
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Shinjirō Ehara as Yamauchi Iganosuke
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Hiroshi Koizumi (episode46)
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Renji Ishibashi as Ginzo (episode46)
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Yutaka Nakajima as Awashima (episode50,51)
References
1983 Japanese television series debuts
1984 Japanese television series endings
1980s drama television series
Jidaigeki television series
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Iemitsu
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Yoshimune
Television series set in the 17th century
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