Shinsho Taikōki

Shinsho Taikōki (新書太閤記) is a Japanese historical novel by Eiji Yoshikawa.

The novel has been made into a film, a TV drama and a stage play several times.

Films

Shinsho Taikouki: Ruten Hiyoshimaru (1953, dir. Ryo Hagiwara, starring Utaemon Ichikawa)
Shinsho Taikouki: Kyūshū Okehazama (1953, Director: Sadatsugu Matsuda, Starring: Utaemon Ichikawa)
Taikoki (film) (1958, Director: Tatsuo Osone, Starring: Kokichi Takada)

TV series

1959 version

A TV series with the same title as the novel was broadcast in 1959. It was broadcast in the Kanto region on NET (now TV Asahi) and in the Kansai region on Mainichi Broadcasting, produced by Mainichi Broadcasting.

1965 version

1973 version

Japanese TV series or program

新書太閤記GenreJidaigekiDirected byYasuo FuruhataStarringTakashi Yamaguchi
Masakazu Tamura
Masahiko Tsugawa
Yoko YamamotoTheme music composerNaozumi YamamotoCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseNo. of episodes22ProductionProducerKozuki ShinjiRunning time55 minutes (per episode)Original releaseNetworkNETReleaseMay 2, 1973 (1973-05-02) –
September 26, 1974 (1974-09-26)

This jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1973. It is based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novel^[1] of the same title.^[2] The lead star is Takashi Yamaguchi.

Plot

The drama depicts the story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the people around him.^[3]

Cast

Takashi Yamaguchi as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Estushi Takahashi as Oda Nobunaga
Jin Nakayama as Akechi Mitsuhide
Masakazu Tamura as Takenaka Hanbei
Yoko Yamamoto as Kōdai-in
Masahiko Tsugawa as Asai Nagamasa
Kawarazaki Choichiro as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Hajime Hana as Hachisuka Masakatsu
Asao Koike as Shibata Katsuie
Atsushi Watanabe as Watanabe Tenzo
Hiroko Fuji as Oichi
Sadako Sawamura as Ōmandokoro
Yutaka Mizutani as Akechi Hidemitsu
Kantarō Suga as Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Akihiko Hirata as Hosokawa Fujitaka
Joe Shishido as Nakagawa Kiyohide
Juzo Itami as Araki Murashige
Keizo Kanie as Katō Kiyomasa
Daijiro Harada as Fukushima Masanori
Nobuo Kaneko as Ankokuji Ekei
Shinjirō Ehara as Takeda Katsuyori
Goro Mutsumi as Hatano Hideharu
Ryunosuke Kaneda as Saito Toshimitsu
Sachio Sakai as Matsunaga Hisahide
Kohji Moritsugu as Amago Katsuhisa
Isao Natsuyagi as Yamanaka Yukimori
Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Shimizu Muneharu
Tomisaburo Wakayama as Torii Suneemon

References

^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「新書太閤記」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "新書太閤記". DDB. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ "新書太閤記". 戦国ガイド. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ "新書太閤記". 戦国時代DB. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

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