Genroku Ryoran
10/01/1999



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The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
Cast


Ken Matsudaira
Irobe Matashiro


Rie Miyazawa
Aguri


Ryoko Shinohara
Sadako


Hiroshi Abe
Horibe Yasubei


Koji Ishizaka
Kira Yoshinaka


Noriyuki Higashiyama
Asano Naganori


Hiroaki Murakami
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira


Kenichi Hagiwara
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi


Eisaku Yoshida
Okajima Tadatsugu


Akira Emoto
Genshiro


Mari Natsuki
Tomiko


Tetta Sugimoto
Fuwa Kuzaemon


Tsubasa Imai
Yato Emoshichi


Honami Suzuki
Someko


Hideaki Takizawa
Kira Yoshichika


Saki Takaoka
Ojun


Shinichi Tsutsumi
Takada Gunbei
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