Taiheiki (太平記) is a 1991 Japanese historical television series and the 29th NHK taiga drama. It is based on the 1958 novel Shihon Taiheiki by Eiji Yoshikawa. It had an average viewership rating of 26.0%, peaking at 34.6%.
Plot The drama is set at the end of the Kamakura period, going into the Nanboku-chō period during the early Muromachi period. Ashikaga Takauji, a rising warlord in the north of Japan, forms an alliance with Emperor Go-Daigo to overthrow the corrupt and decrepit Kamakura shogunate. The emperor, seeking to restore Imperial rule, begins the Kenmu Restoration, but fails to please the samurai and cannot dispel their fears of being displaced as the privileged class of Japanese society. Seizing the opportunity, Takauji decides to turn against the Emperor and establish a new shogunate.
Cast
Ashikaga clan Hiroyuki Sanada as Ashikaga Takauji Yasuko Sawaguchi as Akahashi Tōko (Tōshi), Takauji's wife Ken Ogata as Ashikaga Sadauji, Takauji's father Shiho Fujimura as Uesugi Kiyoko, Takauji's mother Masanobu Takashima as Ashikaga Tadayoshi, Takauji's younger brother Kataoka Takatarō as Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Takauji's heir Yūsuke Morita as Senjuō (young Yoshiakira) Michitaka Tsutsui as Ashikaga Tadafuyu, Takauji's illegitimate son Yūichirō Yamazaki as Izayamaru (young Tadafuyu) Yasuo Daichi as Isshiki Umanosuke Akira Emoto as Kō no Moronao Kazunaga Tsuji as Kō no Moroshige Sansei Shiomi as Kō no Moroyasu Toru Abe as Kō no Morouji Kohji Moritsugu as Hosokawa Akiuji Akira Yamanouchi as Kira Sadayoshi Don Kantarō as Imagawa Norikuni
Hōjō clan (Kamakura shogunate) Tsurutaro Kataoka as Hōjō Takatoki, the 14th shikken Kiyoshi Kodama as Kanesawa (Hōjō) Sadaaki, the 15th shikken Hiroshi Katsuno as Akahashi (Hōjō) Moritoki, the last shikken and Takauji's brother-in-law. Frankie Sakai as Nagasaki Enki Tokuma Nishioka as Nagasaki Takasuke Tamaki Sawa as Kakukai-ni Akane Oda as Akiko Junkichi Orimoto as Shioya Muneharu Chikao Ohtsuka as Doisado no Zenshi Kunio Kaga as Adachi Moriyasu
The Imperial Court Kataoka Takao as Emperor Go-Daigo Daijirō Tsusumi as Prince Moriyoshi Mieko Harada as Ano Renshi Terutake Tsuji as Emperor Kōgon
Kugyō/Kuge Masaomi Kondō as Kitabatake Chikafusa Kumiko Goto as Kitabatake Akiie Takaaki Enoki as Hino Toshimoto Masahiro Motoki as Chigusa Tadaaki Hōsei Komatsu as Nawa Nagatoshi Hatsunori Hasegawa as Saionji Kinmune Takashi Fujiki as Bōmon Kiyotada Norihiro Inoue as Shijō Takasuke Mitsuru Miyamoto as Nijō Michihira Akaji Maro as Monkan Baku Ōwada as Madenokōji Fujifusa
Nitta clan Kenichi Hagiwara (episodes 1-7)Hagiwara dropped out due to his health reasons. → Jinpachi Nezu as Nitta Yoshisada Masumi Miyazaki as Kōtō no Naishi Yoshizumi Ishihara as Wakiya Yoshisuke
Kawachi Province Tetsuya Takeda as Kusunoki Masashige Mariko Fuji as Hisako Hidekazu Akai as Kusunoki Masasue Shigeyuki Nakamura as Kusunoki Masatsura Seidai Katō as young Masatsura
Hanayasha Theatre Group Kanako Higuchi as Hanayasha/Utsugi, Kusunoki Masashige's younger sister Toshirō Yanagiba as Ishi Ryō Takayama as young Ishi Rie Miyazawa as Fujiyasha, Izayamaru's mother Chikako Oba as young Fujiyasha Hideki Nishioka as Kanze Kiyotsugu
Others Takanori Jinnai as Sasaki Dōyō Tetsu Watanabe as Akamatsu Enshin Etsushi Takahashi as Momonoi Tadatsune Etsushi Toyokawa Takako Tokiwa Strong Kobayashi as Big Man
Production credit Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi
TV schedule EpisodeOriginal airdateTitleDirected byRating1Mikio Satō34.6%234.3%333.0%4Kenji Tanaka31.0%528.9%6Mikio Satō30.2%7Takayasu Enokido / Mikio Satō33.1%8Mikio Satō32.5%9Kenji Tanaka32.1%1030.5%11Takayasu Enokido30.2%12Sōsei Mineshima31.6%13Takayasu Enokido25.5%14Mikio Satō19.9%1525.0%16Kenji Tanaka24.3%17Takayasu Enokido22.0%1821.7%19Mikio Satō29.2%2027.7%21Takayasu Enokido27.5%22Mikio Satō27.5%23Sōsei Mineshima24.6%24Takayasu Enokido22.9%25Jun Takebayashi22.3%26Mikio Satō24.8%27Takayasu Enokido24.6%28Mikio Satō22.9%29Sōsei Mineshima22.2%30Kenji Tanaka22.4%31Masami Kadowaki21.8%32Takayasu Enokido22.0%33Mikio Satō21.5%34Masami Kadowaki24.7%35Takayasu Enokido23.4%36Kenji Tanaka27.6%37Mikio Satō24.6%38Masami Kadowaki25.7%39Mitsunobu Ozaki26.2%40Kenji Tanaka22.9%4119.9%42Mitsunobu Ozaki20.8%43Takayasu Enokido25.3%44Mikio Satō22.0%45Kenji Tanaka24.2%46Takayasu Enokido22.8%47Jun Takebayashi26.0%48Kenji Tanaka23.0%49Mikio Satō24.6%Average rating 26.0% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).
References
External links NHK Official