Kusa Moeru

*Kusa Moeru*
Kusa Moeru
Genre	Taiga drama
Written by	Takehiro Nakajima
Directed by	Makoto Ohara
Starring	Kōji Ishizaka; Shima Iwashita; Ken Matsudaira; Shōhei Hino; Sakae Takita; Tetsuya Takeda; Hiroshi Fujioka; Ryunosuke Kaneda; Mitsuko Kusabue; Shinjirō Ehara; Kyōko Maya; Keiko Matsuzaka; Onoe Tatsunosuke I; Onoe Shoroku II
Theme music composer	Joji Yuasa
Opening theme	NHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	51
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 7 –; December 23, 1979

Kusa Moeru (草燃える) is a 1979 Japanese television series. It is the 17th NHK taiga drama.^[1]

Story

Kusa Moeru deals with the Kamakura period. Based on Michiko Nagai`s novels "Hojo Masako" and "Enkan".^[2]^[3]

The story chronicles the life of Hōjō Masako.^[4]^[1]

Cast

Minamoto no Yoritomo's family

Kōji Ishizaka as Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate
Shima Iwashita as Hōjō Masako
Tomiyuki Kunihiro as Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Hiromi Go as Minamoto no Yoriie, the second shōgun
- Shingo Tsurumi as young Yoriie
Saburō Shinoda as Minamoto no Sanetomo, the third shōgun
- Taiki Matsuno as young Sanetomo

Minamoto no Yoritomo's vassels

Hōjō clan

Ryunosuke Kaneda as Hōjō Tokimasa
Naoko Otani as Makino Kata
Ken Matsudaira as Hojo Yoshitoki
Jin Nakayama as Hōjō Munetoki
Junpei Morita as Hōjō Tokifusa
Ryoko Sakaguchi
Keiko Matsuzaka as Akane

Taira clan

Others

Sakae Takita as Ito Sukeyuki
Akira Kume as Ito Sukechika
Isao Hashizume as Ito Sukekiyo
Takeshi Kato as Ōba Kagechika
Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Yamaki Kanetaka
Keiko Matsuzaka as Kogiku
Yumi Takigawa as Otowa
Kimiko Ikegami as Ohime
Rokko Toura as Minamoto no Yukiie
Rino Katase
Akihiro Miwa
Akihiko Hirata
Junko Natsu as Kyo no Tsubone
Kōjirō Kusanagi as Chinnakei
Mitsuko Kusabue as Tango no Tsubone
Onoe Shoroku II as Go-Shirakawa

References

^ ^a ^b "Kusa Moeru". NHK. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
^ "草燃える総集編". NHK スクエア. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
^ "草燃える". Aamazon. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
^ "草燃える". ドラマデータ. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

External links

Taiga drama Kusa Moeru NHK

[NHK-1] "Kusa Moeru". NHK. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

[2] "草燃える総集編". NHK スクエア. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

[3] "草燃える". Aamazon. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

[4] "草燃える". ドラマデータ. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

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1960s	Life of a Flower (1963) Akō Rōshi (1964) Taikōki (1965) Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) San Shimai (1967) Ryōma ga Yuku (1968) Ten to Chi to (1969)
1970s	Momi no Ki wa Nokotta (1970) Haru no Sakamichi (1971) Shin Heike Monogatari (1972) Kunitori Monogatari (1973) Katsu Kaishū (1974) Genroku Taiheiki (1975) Kaze to Kumo to Niji to (1976) Kashin(1977) Ōgon no Hibi (1978) Kusa Moeru (1979)
1980s	Shishi no Jidai (1980) Onna Taikōki (1981) Tōge no Gunzō (1982) Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) Sanga Moyu (1984) Haru no Hatō (1985) Inochi (1986) Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) Shingen Takeda (1988) Kasuga no Tsubone (1989)
1990s	Tobu ga Gotoku (1990) Taiheiki (1991) Nobunaga (1992) Ryūkyū no Kaze (1993) Homura Tatsu (1993-1994) Hana no Ran (1994) Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (1995) Hideyoshi (1996) Mori Motonari (1997) Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998) Genroku Ryoryan (1999)
2000s	Aoi (2000) Hojo Tokimune (2001) Toshiie to Matsu (2002) Musashi (2003) Shinsengumi! (2004) Yoshitsune (2005) Kōmyō ga Tsuji (2006) Fūrin Kazan (2007) Atsuhime (2008) Tenchijin (2009)
2010s	Ryōmaden (2010) Gō (2011) Taira no Kiyomori (2012) Yae's Sakura (2013) Gunshi Kanbei (2014) Burning Flower (2015) Sanada Maru (2016) Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017) Segodon (2018) Idaten (2019)
2020s	Awaiting Kirin (2020–21) Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021) The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022) What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023) Dear Radiance (2024) Berabou (2025) Toyotomi Brothers! (2026)
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