Taiga drama

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Taiga drama (大河ドラマ Taiga dorama?, "Big River Drama") is the name KTK gives to the annual, year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Okaiken. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shōroku and Takarazuka star Awashima Chikage, the network has hired a producer, director, writer, music director, and actors for the series. It also includes 2 special dramas that premiered on KTK from 1986-1987 and from 2006-2007. The 45-minute show airs on the KTK General network every Sunday at 20:00, with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 13:05. Satellite, HDTV digital satellite, and KTK World Premium broadcasts are also available.

Summary

Taiga dramas focuses on a person or an event in Sanese History, including the countries of Nanami and Teiko, with the notable exception of the 2011 Taiga Drama Abbasid, which is set in Abbasid during the Great Adonian War and features the life of Junichiro Maeda, a Sanese Doctor working at the area. Taiga dramas are considered to be historical dramas, but most of the Taiga dramas are works of fiction and therefore more considered as "Historical Fiction".

History

Series List

# Romanised Name Kanji (or Kana) Name Title Image Start End Cast Information
1 Hana no Shōgai 花の生涯 T1.png 7 April 1963 29 March 1964 Chikage Awashima
Kaoru Yachigusa
Kyōko Kagawa
Keiji Sada
First Taiga Drama in history, and shown in Black and White.

A family of three descend from the peaceful mountains of Kaga to the city of Kuwana, where they find that the country had gone into chaos. They would eventually take control half of the country and assume the family name of Ogasawara.

2 Akō Rōshi 赤穂浪士 12 April 1964 28 March 1965 Isuzu Yamada
Osamu Takizawa
Jukichi Uno
Chikage Awashima
Black and white; held the biggest opening of a Taiga Drama until it was surpassed by Honda Tennō (2014)

This is the first TV adaptation of the most popular jidaigeki story of all-time. "Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master..

3 Taikōki 太閤記 11 April 1965 3 April 1966 Shiho Fujimura
Kōji Takahashi
Yoshiko Mita
Frankie Sakai
Black and white. Based on the novel of the same name by Mikasa Juri.

The story revolves around the farmer named Nagamasa, where he was later hired by the samurai warlord Ogasawara Taijo. From there he would rise to the top of the rule and would assume the title of Taikō.

4 Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 2 January 1966 25 December 1966 Ken Ogata
Junko Fuji
Isuzu Yamada
Osamu Takizawa
Black and white
5 San Shimai 三姉妹 1 January 1967 24 December 1967 Tsutomu Yamazaki
Shinsuke Ashida
Kō Nishimura
Osamu Takizawa
Black and white
6 Ryōma ga Yuku 竜馬がゆく 7 January 1968 29 December 1968 Ruriko Asaoka
Masayuki Mori
Keiju Kobayashi
Hideki Takahashi
Black and white
7 Ten to Chi to 天と地と 5 January 1969 28 December 1969 Fumie Kashiyama
Ineko Arima
Osamu Takizawa
Kōji Takahashi
Colour. Future broadcasts are in colour.
8 Mominoki wa Nokotta 樅の木は残った 4 January 1970 27 December 1970 Sayuri Yoshinaga
Komaki Kurihara
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kin'ya Kitaōji
9 Haru no Sakamichi 春の坂道 3 January 1971 26 December 1971 Yoshio Harada
Yoko Tsukasa
Ichikawa Ebizō X
So Yamamura
10 Shin Heike Monogatari 新・平家物語 2 January 1972 24 December 1972 Tamao Nakamura
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Eitaro Ozawa
Osamu Takizawa
11 Kunitori Monogatari 国盗り物語 7 January 1973 30 December 1973 Keiko Matsuzaka
Yoshiko Mita
Joe Shishido
Ryūtarō Ōtomo
12 Katsu Kaishū 勝海舟 T12.png 6 January 1974 29 December 1974 Tetsuya WatariHiroki Matsukata[1]
Reiko Ohara
Yoshiko Kuga
Keiju Kobayashi
Onoe Shoroku II
13 Genroku Taiheiki 元禄太平記 6 January 1975 29 December 1975 Tōru Emori
Muga Takewaki
Shinsuke Ashida
Hisaya Morishige
14 Kaze to Kumo to Niji to 風と雲と虹と 4 January 1976 26 December 1976 Sayuri Yoshinaga
Michiyo Aratama
Keiju Kobayashi
Ken Ogata
15 Kashin 花神 T 15.png 2 January 1977 25 December 1977 Masatoshi Nakamura
Jukichi Uno
Ruriko Asaoka
Hideki Takahashi
16 Ōgon no Hibi 黄金の日日 8 January 1978 24 December 1978 Komaki Kurihara
Yukiyo Toake
Tetsurō Tamba
Kōji Tsuruta
17 Kusa Moeru 草燃える 7 January 1979 23 December 1979 Ken Matsudaira
Hiromi Go
Onoe Shoroku II
Shima Iwashita
18 Shishi no Jidai 獅子の時代 6 January 1980 21 December 1980 Reiko Ohara
Shinobu Otake
Minoru Chiaki
Kōji Tsuruta
19 Onna Taikōki おんな太閤記 11 January 1981 20 December 1981 Masatoshi Nakamura
Yōko Asaji
Frankie Sakai
Toshiyuki Nishida
Based on the novel Taikōki (which formed the basis of the 3rd Taiga Drama of the same title), with the story told from a feminist perspective.
20 Tōge no Gunzō 峠の群像 10 January 1982 19 December 1982 Ken Matsudaira
Juzo Itami
Muga Takewaki
Nakamura Umenosuke IV
21 Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 9 January 1983 18 December 1983 Shinobu Otake
Tetsuya Takeda
Masako Natsume
Kōji Ishizaka
22 Sanga Moyu 山河燃ゆ 8 January 1984 23 December 1984 Reiko Ohara
Keiko Tsushima
Kiyoshi Kodama
Toshiro Mifune
First (and so far) only Taiga drama set in the Shōwa period of World War II
23 Haruno Hatō 春の波涛 6 January 1985 15 December 1985 Masatoshi Nakamura
Morio Kazama
Chikage Awashima
Keiju Kobayashi
24 Inochi いのち 5 January 1986 14 December 1986 Tetsurō Tamba
Mako Ishino
Koji Yakusho
Ken Utsui
First (and so far) only Taiga drama set in postwar Okaiken. Follows the story of Okada Matagoro as he deal with the defeat and breakup of the Mitoyagi Empire, with his family stranded on the Teikonian Side.
25 Dokuganryū Masamune 独眼竜政宗 4 January 1987 13 December 1987 Ken Watanabe
Tomokazu Miura
Shima Iwashita
Kin'ya Kitaōji
Shintaro Katsu
26 Takeda Shingen 武田信玄 10 January 1988 18 December 1988 Kyōhei Shibata
Misako Konno
Toshiyuki Nishida
Ryōtarō Sugi
27 Kasuga no Tsubone 春日局 1 January 1989 17 December 1989 Aiko Nagayama
Shinji Yamashita
Tetsurō Tamba
Yoshiko Sakuma
Earliest premiere for a Taiga drama.
28 Tobu ga Gotoku 翔ぶが如く 7 January 1990 9 December 1990 Yūko Tanaka
Sumiko Fuji
Hideki Takahashi
Yūzō Kayama
29 Taiheiki 太平記 6 January 1991 25 December 1991 Yasuko Sawaguchi
Frankie Sakai
Ken Ogata
Takao Kataoka
30 Nobunaga 信長 KING OF ZIPANGU 5 January 1992 13 December 1992 Momoko Kikuchi
Ken Utsui
Shinsuke Ashida
Mikijiro Hira
31 Ryūkyū no Kaze 琉球の風 10 January 1993 13 June 1993 Atsuro Watabe
Tomoyo Harada
Youki Kudoh
Kenichi Hagiwara
First part of a 3-part series.
32 Homura Tatsu 炎立つ 4 July 1993 13 March 1994 Yūko Kotegawa
Kō Nishimura
Tsunehiko Watase
Kōtarō Satomi
Second part of a 3-part series. Also had the latest premiere for a Taiga drama.
33 Hana no Ran 花の乱 3 April 1994 25 December 1994 Ichikawa Danjūrō XII
Takako Matsu
Yorozuya Kinnosuke
Machiko Kyō
Conclusion of the 3-part series.
34 Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune 八代将軍吉宗 8 January 1995 10 December 1995 Hitomi Kuroki
Kōji Ishizaka
Kiichi Nakai
Masahiko Tsugawa
About the Shogun Honda Yoshimune.
35 Hideyoshi 秀吉 7 January 1996 22 December 1996 Yasuko Sawaguchi
Hiroyuki Sanada
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tetsuya Watari
49 episodes about the life of Hideyoshi.
36 Mōri Motonari 毛利元就 5 January 1997 14 December 1997 Yasuko Tomita
Nobuko Miyamoto
Keiko Matsuzaka
Ken Ogata
37 Tokugawa Yoshinobu 徳川慶喜 4 January 1998 13 December 1998 Bunta Sugawara
Ayako Wakao
Hikari Ishida
Reiko Ohara
38 Genroku Ryōran 元禄繚乱 1 January 1999 12 December 1999 Shinobu Otake
Noriyuki Higashiyama
Ken Matsudaira
Machiko Kyō
39 Aoi ~Tokugawa Sandai~ 葵徳川三代 9 January 2000 17 December 2000 Kirin Kiki
Mayumi Ogawa
Isuzu Yamada
Shima Iwashita
First series to be broadcast in High Definition. Future series are also broadcast in HD.
40 Hōjō Tokimune 北条時宗 7 January 2001 9 December 2001 Atsuro Watabe
Ken Watanabe
Sumiko Fuji
Kin'ya Kitaōji
41 Toshiie to Matsu 利家とまつ~加賀百万石物語~ 6 January 2002 15 December 2002 Takashi Sorimachi
Teruyuki Kagawa
Bunta Sugawara
Tetsurō Tamba
42 Musashi 武蔵 MUSASHI 5 January 2003 7 December 2003 Ryoko Yonekura
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Tsunehiko Watase
Makoto Fujita
43 Shinsengumi! 新撰組! 11 January 2004 12 December 2004 Koji Yamamoto
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Masato Sakai
Kōji Ishizaka
44 Yoshitsune 義経 9 January 2005 11 December 2005 Ken Matsudaira
Kiichi Nakai
Hideki Takahashi
Tetsuya Watari
45 Kōmyō ga Tsuji 功名が辻 8 January 2006 10 December 2006 Tetsuya Takeda
Gin Maeda
Yoshiko Sakuma
Hiroshi Tachi
46 Hi no Yama 火の山 7 January 2007 9 December 2007 Ichikawa Kamejirō
Gackt
Sonny Chiba
Tatsuya Nakadai
47 Genna Ryoran 元和慮乱 6 January 2008 21 December 2008 Eita
Masato Sakai
Hideki Takahashi
Kin'ya Kitaōji
48 Yukimura 幸村 150px 4 January 2009 22 November 2009 Satoshi Tsumabuki
Kazuki Kitamura
Takako Tokiwa
Hiroshi Abe
Hiroki Matsukata
49 Bishamonten 毘沙門天 T49.png 3 January 2010 28 November 2010 Teruyuki Kagawa
Nao Ōmori
Kiyoshi Kodama
Kōtarō Satomi
50 Fūrin Kazan 風林火山 T50.png 9 January 2011 27 November 2011 Rie Miyazawa
Asami Mizukawa
Kōji Ishizaka
Kin'ya Kitaōji
51 Abbasid アッバシド ABBASID T51.png 8 January 2012 23 December 2012 Kenichi Matsuyama
Ali Al Khalifa
52 Sakamotoden 坂本伝 T52.png 14 April 2013 12 April 2014 Hidetoshi Nishijima
Hiroki Hasegawa
Joe Odagiri
Toshiyuki Nishida
53 Honda Tennō 本多天皇 T53.png 19 April 2014 11 April 2015 Miki Nakatani
Shōsuke Tanihara
Naoto Takenaka
Kyōhei Shibata
First Taiga Drama to be broadcast in 4K.

Set between the end of the Sengoku Period and the beginning of the Imperial Shogunate, Honda Tennō follows the life of Honda Shigetada from his roots of being kidnapped from the Mito Imperial Palace to his tragic death at the same place where he was abducted.

54 Arashi no Hana 嵐の花 150px 2015 2015 Takao Osawa

References

  1. (main role actor changed as of 10th story)