Minamoto no Yoshitsune (TV series)

Mina Moto no Yoshitsune (源義経) is a 1966 Japanese television series. It is the 4th NHK taiga drama.[1][2]

Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Genre	Taiga drama
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(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Release
Original network	NHK
Original release	January 2 – December 25, 1966
Chronology
Followed by	San Shimai

Story

Taikōki deals with the Kamakura period. Based on Genzō Murakami's novels "Minamoto no Yoshitsune".[3]

The story chronicles the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.[4][5]

Cast

Yoshitsune and people around him

• 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
• Jun Tazaki
• Shin Kishida
• Kazuo Kitamura
• Isao Hashizume

Taira clan

• Ryutaro Tashumi as Taira no Kityomori
• Chiyonosuke Azuma as Taira no Munemori
• Kazuo Funaki as Taira no Atsumori
• Takashi Yamaguchi as Taira no Noritsune
• Takeshi Katō as Taira no Kagekiyo

Fujiwara clan

• Osamu Takizawa as Fujiwara no Hidehira
• Mayumi Ogawa as Shinobu
• Masakazu Tamura as Fujiwara no Tadahira
• Daisuke Katō as Kaneuri Kichiji
• Misako Watanabe as Akane

Others

• Fumio Watanabe
• Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Togashi Yasuie

References

1. "　大河ドラマ　源義経". NHK. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
2. 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
3. "大河ドラマ　源義経". DDB. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
4. "源義経". NHK. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
5. "NHK大河ドラマ総集編 源義経 2枚組". アマゾン. Retrieved March 19, 2017.

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