is a 2004
Taiga drama historical fiction television series produced by Japanese broadcaster
NHK. It was a popular drama about the
Shinsengumi, a Japanese special police force from the
Bakumatsu period.
Actors include
Koji Yamamoto,
Tatsuya Fujiwara,
Joe Odagiri, and
Shingo Katori of the pop idol group
SMAP
SMAP was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori. The group was created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates, originally as a ...
. It was written by Japanese director and playwright,
Kōki Mitani.
Staff
* Original:
Kōki Mitani
* Music:
Takayuki Hattori
* Titling: Tansetsu Ogino
* Narrator: Yasuo Kodera
* Historical research:
Manabu Ōishi
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 19 ...
, Tatsuya Yamamura
* Architectural research: Sei Hirai
* Clothing research: Kiyoko Koizumi
* Production coordinator: Kōji Kikkawa
* Casting: Kazuhiko Itō
* Sword fight arranger :
Kunishirō Hayashi
Cast
Shinsengumi
*
Shingo Katori as
Kondō Isami
*
Kōji Yamamoto as
Hijikata Toshizō
*
Tatsuya Fujiwara as
Okita Sōji
*
Joe Odagiri as
Saitō Hajime
*
Nakamura Kantarō II Nakamura may refer to:
Places
* Nakamura, Kōchi, a former city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
* Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
People
* Nakamura (surname), a list of people with the surname
Other uses
* Nakamu ...
as
Tōdō Heisuke
*
Tarō Yamamoto as
Harada Sanosuke
*
Masato Sakai as
Yamanami Keisuke
*
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as
Nagakura Shinpachi
was the former captain of the 2nd troop of the Shinsengumi, He was later known as during the Meiji era.
History Early life
Nagakura Shinpachi Noriyuki, known as Eikichi or Eiji during his childhood, was born in the Matsumae clan's "kami-yashik ...
* Takashi Kobayashi as
Inoue Genzaburō
was born in Hino, Tokyo. He was the captain of the sixth unit of the Shinsengumi which were a special police force for the Tokugawa regime. Inoue is the oldest unit captain of Shinsengumi.
Like his older brother, Inoue Matsugoro
Inoue ( ka ...
*
Shoei as Shimada Kai
* Jun Hashimoto as
Yamazaki Susumu
was a Shinsengumi officer and spy, otherwise known as a .
He was a ''rōnin'' (masterless samurai) from Osaka and an expert in '' Katori Ryu''. In 1863, he officially joined the Shinsengumi and in 1864, Yamazaki and Shimada Kai were assigne ...
* Koji Ohkura as Kawai Kisaburo
*
Norito Yashima as
Takeda Kanryuusai
Seichū-rōshi gumi
*
Kōichi Satō as
Serizawa Kamo
*
Kazuyuki Aijima as
Niimi Nishiki
*Tadashi Sakata as Hirayama Gorō
*Gōshū as Hirama Jūsuke
Itō-dōjō party
*
Shōsuke Tanihara
is a Japanese actor probably best known outside Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in '' Fudoh: The New Generation''.
Tanihara hosts ''Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET’S Hikari'', a podcast produced by TOKYO FM. The podcast began ...
as Itō Kashitarō
*Masato Obara as Kanō Washio
Aizu Domain
*Michitaka Tsutsui as
Matsudaira Katamori
*
Kenichi Yajima as Hirosawa Tomijirō
*
Yasuyoshi Hara as Teshirogi Suguemon
Tosa Domain
*
Yōsuke Eguchi as
Sakamoto Ryōma
*Hiroki Miyake as Mochizuki Kameyata
*Nozomu Masuzawa as
Nakaoka Shintarō
Chōshū Domain
*
Ken Ishiguro as
Kido Takayoshi
*
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as
Kusaka Genzui
Satsuma Domain
*
Takashi Ukaji as
Saigō Takamori
*Yamato Yasumura as
Ōkubo Toshimichi
*Takato Gohō as
Kuroda Ryōsuke
Tokugawa shogunate
*Tomohiko Imai as
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
*
Tsuyoshi Ihara
is a Japanese actor, martial artist, and writer of Korean descent.
Biography
Ihara is a Japanese person of Korean descent, born on November 6, 1963, in Kitakyūshū as Yun Yu-gu (윤유구/尹惟久) and who grew up in Ikuno-ku, Osaka. He is a ...
as Sasaki Tadasaburō
*
Hideki Noda as
Katsu Kaishū
*
Isao Sasaki as Uchiyama Hikojirō
*
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as
Enomoto Takeaki
*
Tetsushi Tanaka as
Matsumoto Ryōjun
Baron (born ; July 13, 1832 – March 12, 1907), previously known as , was a Japanese physician and photographer who served as the personal physician to the last ''shōgun'', Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Foreign Minister Hayashi Tadasu was his brother a ...
Imperial House
*Nakamura Fukusuke IX as
Emperor Kōmei – the 121st emperor
*Yūji Nakamura as
Iwakura Tomomi
Others
*
Yasuko Sawaguchi as
Okita Mitsu - Okita Sōji's eldest sister
*
Kōji Ishizaka as
Sakuma Shōzan
*
Tetsurō Sagawa as Onogawa Hidegorō
*
Mainoumi Shūhei as Kumakawa Kuwajirō – a sumo wrestler
*
Daishi Nobuyuki
Daishi Nobuyuki (born 23 August 1968 as Nobuyuki Takano) is a former sumo wrestler from Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1984, and reached the top division in July 1994. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 3. H ...
as Kurogami – a sumo wrestler
*Jay Kabira as
Henry Heusken
*Marty Kuehnert as
Townsend Harris
*
Yūka as Okō
*
Asahi Kurizuka as Hijikata Tamejirō, Toshizō's older brother
*
Rei Kikukawa as
Ikumatsu
References
External links
*
SHINSENGUMI新選組 Shinsengumi Website
2004 Japanese television series debuts
2004 Japanese television series endings
Taiga drama
Television shows written by Kôki Mitani
Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Yoshinobu
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