Taiga drama

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Taiga drama (大河ドラマ) is the name NHK gives to the annual, year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shōroku and Takarazuka star Awashima Chikage, the network has hired a producer, director, writer, music director, and actors for the series. The 45-minute show airs on the NHK General network on Sunday evenings in the 8:00 prime-time slot, with rebroadcasts on Saturday afternoon at 1:05. Satellite, digital satellite, and NHK World Premium broadcasts are also available.

Contents 1 Current series 2 Upcoming series 3 List of series 4 Recent series 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Current series

• Kōmyō-ga-tsuji: Yamauchi Kazutoyo no Tsuma. Kamikawa Takaya plays the role of Yamauchi Kazutoyo, the military commander and daimyo who founded the Tosa han and built Kochi Castle. Nakama Yukie plays the role of Chiyo, the ever-supporting wife of Kazutoyo. The story by Shiba Ryotaro spans the closing years of the Sengoku period, the Azuchi-Momoyama period, and the beginning of the Edo period.

[edit] Upcoming series

• Fuurin Kazan (2007). Based on Inoue Yasushi's best-selling historical novel, this drama is the story of Yamamoto Kansuke, a warrior who has achieved high rank in Warlord Takeda Shingen's army by not-so-honorable means.
• Atsu-hime (2008). Starring Aoi Miyazaki. Aoi plays the role of Tenshouin, the wife of Tokugawa Iesada (1824-1858), the 13th Shogun. She will also be the youngest lead artist in taiga drama history, beating Hideaki Takizawa's record when he starred in Yoshitsune.

[edit] List of series

#	Romanised Name	Kanji (or Kana) Name	Start	End	Cast	Additional Notes
1	Hana no Shogai	花の生涯	7 April 1963	29 December 1963	Shoroku Onoe (尾上松緑) Chikage Awashima (淡島千景)	Black and white
2	Ako Roshi	赤穂浪士	1 January 1964	27 December 1964	Kazuo Hasegawa (長谷川一夫) Osamu Takizawa (滝沢修)	Black and white. Also the most viewed taiga drama in its history.
3	Taikoki	太閤記	3 January 1965	26 December 1965	Ken Ogata (緒形拳) Koji Takahashi	Black and white
4	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	源義経	2 January 1966	25 December 1966	Kikunosuke Onoe (尾上菊之助) Junko Fuji (富司純子)	Black and white
5	San Shimai	三姉妹	1 January 1967	24 December 1967	Mariko Okada (岡田茉莉子) Shiho Fujimura (藤村志保)	Black and white
6	Ryoma ga Yuku	竜馬がゆく	7 January 1968	29 December 1968	Kinya Kitaooji (北大路欣也) Ruriko Asaoka (浅丘ルリ子)	Black and white
7	Ten to Chi to	天と地と	5 January 1969	28 December 1969	Koji Ishizaka (石坂浩二) Osamu Takizawa (滝沢修)	Colour. Future broadcasts are in colour.
8	Mominoki wa Nokotta	樅の木は残った	4 January 1970	27 December 1970	Mikijiro Hira (平幹二朗) Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永小百合)
9	Haru no Sakamichi	春の坂道	3 January 1971	26 December 1971	Kinnosuke Yorozuya (萬屋錦之介)
10	Shin Heike Monogatari	新・平家物語	2 January 1972	24 December 1972	Tatsuya Nakadai (仲代達矢)
11	Kunitori Monogatari	国盗り物語	7 January 1973	30 December 1973	Keiko Matsuzaka (松坂慶子) Yoshiko Mita (三田佳子)
12	Katsu Kaishu	勝海舟	6 January 1974	29 December 1974	Tetsuya Watari (渡哲也) Hiroki Matsukata (松方弘樹)
13	Genroku Taiheiki	元禄太平記	6 January 1975	29 December 1975
14	Kaze to Kumo to Niji to	風と雲と虹と	4 January 1976	26 December 1976	Ken Ogata (緒形拳) Go Kato (加藤剛)
15	Hanashin	花神	2 January 1977	25 December 1977	Umenosuke Nakamura (中村梅之助) Masatoshi Nakamura (中村雅俊)
16	Ogon no Hibi	黄金の日日	8 January 1978	24 December 1978	Somegoro Ichikawa (市川染五郎)
17	Kusa Moeru	草燃える	7 January 1979	23 December 1979	Koji Ishizaka (石坂浩二) Shima Iwashita (岩下志麻)
18	Shishi no Jidai	獅子の時代	6 January 1980	21 December 1980	Go Kato (加藤剛)
19	Onna Taikoki	おんな太閤記	11 January 1981	20 December 1981	Toshiyuki Nishida (西田敏行) Masatoshi Nakamura (中村雅俊)
20	Toge no Gunzo	峠の群像	10 January 1982	19 December 1982	Ken Ogata (緒形拳) Ken Matsudaira (松平健)
21	Tokugawa Ieyasu	徳川家康	9 January 1983	18 December 1983	Sakae Takita (滝田栄) Tetsuya Takeda (武田鉄矢)
22	Sanga Moyu	山河燃ゆ	8 January 1984	23 December 1984	Koshiro Matsumoto (松本幸四郎) Kenji Sawada (沢田研二)	First (and so far) only Taiga drama set in the Shōwa period of World War II
23	Haruno Nami	春の波涛	6 January 1985	15 December 1985	Morio Kazama (風間杜夫) Keiko Matsuzaka (松坂慶子)
24	Inochi	いのち	5 January 1986	14 December 1986	Yoshiko Mita (三田佳子) Koji Yakusho (役所広司)
25	Dokuganryu Masamune	独眼竜政宗	4 January 1987	13 December 1987	Ken Watanabe (渡辺謙) Kumiko Goto (後藤久美子)
26	Takeda Shingen	武田信玄	10 January 1988	18 December 1988	Kiichi Nakai (中井貴一) Misako Konno (紺野美沙子)
27	Kasugano-Tsubone	春日局	1 January 1989	17 December 1989	Shinji Yamashita (山下真司) Aiko Nagayama (長山藍子)	Earlist premiere for a Taiga drama.
28	Tobuga Gotoku	翔ぶが如く	7 January 1990	9 December 1990	Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀丈史) Hideki Takahashi (高橋英樹)
29	Taiheiki	太平記	6 January 1991	25 December 1991	Hiroyuki Sanada (真田広之) Yasuko Sawaguchi (沢口靖子)
30	Nobunaga	信長	5 January 1992	13 December 1992	Naoto Ogata (緒形直人) Momoko Kikuchi (菊池桃子)

[edit] Recent series

• Yoshitsune (2005). Takizawa Hideaki stars in the title role as Minamoto no Yoshitsune; Matsudaira Ken plays Musashibō Benkei. The screenplay is by Kaneko Naruto, based on the original by Miyao Tomiko. Vladimir Ashkenazy conducted the NHK Symphony Orchestra in the theme music by Iwashiro Tarō. NHK's first Taiga drama on the subject was in 1966.
• Shinsengumi! (2004). Katori Shingo appeared as Kondō Isami; Yamamoto Kōji played Hijikata Toshizō; Fujiwara Tatsuya played the tragic young Okita Sōji.
• 武蔵 MUSASHI (2003). Kabuki actor Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII (now Ichikawa Ebizō XI) held the lead role as the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, whose lives spanned the end of the sengoku and the beginning of the Edo periods. The series was based on the Yoshikawa Eiji novel that forms the basis for most modern fiction based on the events of Musashi's life. This was the first Taiga Drama to have its title in both kanji and the Latin alphabet.
• Toshiie and Matsu (2002). Karasawa Toshiaki as Maeda Toshiie and Matsushima Nanako as Matsu recounted the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate from the point of view of an outside daimyo.
• Hōjō Tokimune (2001). Kyogen actor Izumi Motoya played the lead character, heading a cast that included Watanabe Ken. Major events in the series included the Mongol Invasions of Japan.
• Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000). Veteran actor Tsugawa Masahiko, who turned sixty in the year 2000, reprised the role of Tokugawa Ieyasu, which he had assumed in the 1987 Taiga drama and has played on other occasions. Nishida Toshiyuki played his son Hidetada. Nishida has nine other roles in Taiga dramas to his credit, including the lead in Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune. Charles Dutoit conducted the NHK Symphony Orchestra in the performance of the title music.
• Genroku Ryōran (1999). Kabuki actor Nakamura Kankurō V played Oishi Kuranosuke in this sweeping story of the Genroku period during which the events of the Forty-seven Ronin occurred.

[edit] See also

• Japanese television programs
• Japanese television dramas
• jidaigeki

[edit] External links

• NHK Taiga drama listing on DramaWiki