Minamoto no Yoshitsune (TV series)
| Minamoto no Yoshitsune | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Taiga drama |
| Written by | Genzō Murakami |
| Directed by | Naoya Yoshida etc |
| Starring | Onoe Kikunosuke VII Ken Ogata Junko Fuji Takashi Yamaguchi Mayumi Ogawa Masakazu Tamura Ryūtarō Ōtomo Osamu Takizawa Isuzu Yamada |
| Theme music composer | Toru Takemitsu |
| Opening theme | NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | January 2 – December 25, 1966 |
| Related | |
| Yoshitsune (TV series) | |
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) is a 1966 Japanese television series. It is the 4th NHK taiga drama.[1][2]
First viewing rating: 32.5%. Highest audience rating: 32.5%. Average audience rating: 23.5%.[3]
Although only episodes 1, 33, and 52 still exist, it is the most surviving footage of the 1960s Taiga dramas.
Story
[edit]The drama deals with the Genpei War during late Heian period. Based on Genzō Murakami's novels "Minamoto no Yoshitsune".[4]
The story chronicles the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.[5][6][7]
Production
[edit]- Kunishirō Hayashi - Sword fight arranger
Cast
[edit]Yoshitsune and people around him
[edit]- Onoe Kikunosuke VII as Minamoto no Yoshitsune
- Ken Ogata as Benkei
- Junko Fuji as Shizuka Gozen
- Isuzu Yamada as Tokiwa Gozen
- Hiroshi Akutagawa as Minamoto no Yoritomo
- Michiko Otsuka as Hojo Masako
- Kazuo Kitamura as Ōe no Hiromoto
- Jun Tazaki as Tosano bo Soshun
- Shin Kishida as Onuki Jiro
- Isao Hashizume
Taira clan
[edit]- Ryutaro Tashumi as Taira no Kiyomori
- Chiyonosuke Azuma as Taira no Munemori
- Kazuo Funaki as Taira no Atsumori
- Takashi Yamaguchi as Taira no Noritsune
- Shōbun Inoue as Taira no Moritsugu
- Takeshi Katō as Taira no Kagekiyo
- Chikao Ohtsuka as Fujiwara no Tadakiyo
Fujiwara clan
[edit]- Osamu Takizawa as Fujiwara no Hidehira
- Mayumi Ogawa as Shinobu
- Masakazu Tamura as Fujiwara no Tadahira
- Masao Shimizu as Fujiwara no Motonari
- Daisuke Katō as Kaneuri Kichiji
- Misako Watanabe as Akane
Others
[edit]- Bandō Mitsugorō IX as Takashina no Yasutsune
- Fumio Watanabe as Inoie Hachiro
- Machiko Washio as Ku
- Kenji Utsumi as Toraus
- Jūkei Fujioka as Adachi Saburō Kiyotsune
- Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Togashi Yasuie
- Shūichirō Moriyama as Aiko Sanjuro
References
[edit]- ^ "大河ドラマ 源義経". NHK. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ 日本放送協会（編） 20世紀放送史 上 日本放送出版協会 2001 P.495
- ^ "ビデオリサーチ NHK大河ドラマ 過去の視聴率データ". Video Research (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2006.
- ^ "大河ドラマ 源義経". DDB. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "源義経". NHK. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "NHK大河ドラマ総集編 源義経 2枚組". アマゾン. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "源義経とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.