Genroku Ryoran
19991 Season50m episodes7.8
Drama
- Runtime
- 50m episodes
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- JP
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in Japan.
Details
- Director
- Hiroshi Kataoka, Makoto Ohara
- Writing
- Takehiro Nakajima
- Status
- Ended
- First aired
- Jan 10, 1999
- Network
- NHK
- Studio
- NHK
Time to finish
41 hrs
49 episodes. About 6 weeks at an hour a night.
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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