Gunshi Kanbei
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2014 taiga drama about Kuroda Kanbei
| Gunshi Kanbei | |
|---|---|
| Promotional poster | |
| Written by | Yoichi Maekawa |
| Directed by | Kenji Tanaka Kazuhiro Motoki |
| Starring | Junichi Okada Miki Nakatani Akira Terao Shōsuke Tanihara Tori Matsuzaka Yuki Uchida Toma Ikuta Shunpūtei Koasa Fumi Nikaidō Tetsushi Tanaka Mirei Kiritani Gaku Hamada Mokomichi Hayami Issei Takahashi Kei Tanaka Mitsuki Takahata Kazuhiro Yamaji Shingo Tsurumi Takanori Jinnai Tsurutaro Kataoka Masatō Ibu Hitomi Kuroki Yōsuke Eguchi Naoto Takenaka Kyōhei Shibata |
| Theme music composer | Yugo Kanno |
| Composer | Yugo Kanno |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Takashi Nakamura |
| Running time | 45–60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | January 5 (2014年01月05日) – December 21, 2014 (2014年12月21日) |
Gunshi Kanbei (軍師官兵衛, Strategist Kanbei) is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK taiga drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes.[1] The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junichi Okada), a retainer of daimyō Kodera Masamoto of Harima Province, and a strategist for daimyō Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Plot
[edit ]The drama tells the story of Kuroda Kanbei, a son of Kuroda Mototaka, chief retainer of Kodera Masamoto who ruled Harima Province (currently Hyōgo Prefecture) in the 16th century. In troubled times, Kanbei persuades Kodera to join forces with the all-powerful Oda Nobunaga. Though imprisoned by Araki Murashige and lamed for life, Kanbei endures hardships and later becomes a strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His son Kuroda Nagamasa serves Tokugawa Ieyasu after the death of Hideyoshi.
Production
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- Screenwriter – Yoichi Maekawa
- Music – Yugo Kanno
- Titling – Shoshu
- Narrator – Shiho Fujimura→Shuko Hirose
- Historical research – Tetsuo Owada
- Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi
- Architectural research – Kiyoshi Hirai
- Clothing research – Kiyoko Koizumi
- Production coordinator – Takashi Nakamura
- Director – Kenji Tanaka, Kazuhiro Motoki
- Performed by Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Theme performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra
Cast
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Kuroda family
[edit ]- Kuroda Kanbei: Junichi Okada
- Young Kanbei: Kirato Wakayama
- Kushihashi Teru: Miki Nakatani
- Kuroda Nagamasa: Tori Matsuzaka
- Young Nagamasa (Shōjumaru): Kirato Wakayama
- Kuroda Mototaka: Kyōhei Shibata
- Kuroda Kyumu: Daisuke Ryu
- Kuroda Shigetaka: Raita Ryū
- Kuriyama Zensuke: Gaku Hamada
- Mori Tahei: Mokomichi Hayami
- Inoue Kuroemon Yurifusa: Issei Takahashi
- Gotō Matabei: Takashi Tsukamoto
- Mori Kohei: Sansei Shiomi
- Mori Buhei: Masaru Nagai
- Ito: Mitsuki Takahata
- Omichi: Rila Fukushima
- Eihime: Miyu Yoshimoto
Ibuki
[edit ]- Ibuki Zenemon: Isao Bito
- Tatsu: Nao Minamisawa
Kodera Clan
[edit ]- Kodera Masamoto: Tsurutaro Kataoka
- Kon: Saki Takaoka
- Kushihashi Sakyonosuke: Toru Masuoka
- Kushihashi Sayonoshin: Nobuaki Kaneko
- Ogō Yoshitoshi: Tsutomu Isobe
Oda Clan
[edit ]- Oda Nobunaga: Yōsuke Eguchi
- No: Yuki Uchida
- Akechi Mitsuhide: Shunputei Koasa
- Niwa Nagahide: Hiroshi Katsuno
- Shibata Katsuie: Yoshimasa Kondo
- Dota Gozen: Naoko Otani
- Yasuke: Bernard Ackah
- Oichi: Kyoko Uchida
- Oda Nobutada: Tomoya Nakamura
- Oda Nobutaka: Masei Nakayama
- Oda Nobukatsu: Shōta Kosakai
- Mori Ranmaru: Hayato Kakizawa
Toyotomi Clan
[edit ]- Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Naoto Takenaka
- One: Hitomi Kuroki
- Takenaka Hanbei: Shosuke Tanihara
- Hachisuka Koroku: Pierre Taki
- Ishida Mitsunari: Kei Tanaka
- Cha-cha: Fumi Nikaidō
- Fukushima Masanori: Hideo Ishiguro
- Katō Kiyomasa: Shinnosuke Abe
- Toyotomi Hidetsugu: Akiyoshi Nakao
- Konishi Yukinaga: Shugo Oshinari
- Magdalena: Mako Ishino
- Sassa Narimasa: Ryosuke Otani
- Ukita Hideie: Kouhei Takeda
- Kobayakawa Hideaki: Yosuke Asari
- Ōtani Yoshitsugu: Shingo Murakami
- Ōno Harunaga: Yasuhito Shimao
Tokugawa Clan
[edit ]- Tokugawa Ieyasu: Akira Terao
- Ii Naomasa: Mikihisa Azuma
- Honda Tadakatsu: Masayuki Shionoya
- Sakakibara Yasumasa: Ikuji Nakamura
Mōri Clan
[edit ]- Mōri Terumoto: Kota Miura
- Kobayakawa Takakage: Shingo Tsurumi
- Kikkawa Motoharu: Kazutoyo Yoshimi
- Ankokuji Ekei: Kazuhiro Yamaji
- Ukita Naoie: Takanori Jinnai
- Shimizu Muneharu: Takashi Ukaji
- Kikkawa Motonaga: Masayuki Deai
Amago Clan
[edit ]- Yamanaka Shikanosuke: Tetsuya Bessho
- Amago Katsuhisa: Kinihiro Suda
- Kamei Korenori: Takaaki Seki
Others
[edit ]- Araki Murashige: Tetsushi Tanaka
- Dashi: Mirei Kiritani
- Ashikaga Yoshiaki: Mitsuru Fukikoshi [2]
- Sen no Rikyū: Masatō Ibu
- Takayama Ukon/Dom Justo Takayama: Toma Ikuta
- Maeda Toshiie: Tadashi Yokouchi
- Yoshida Kanemi: Masami Horiuchi
- Otsuru: Yui Ichikawa
- Ōtomo Sōrin: Tsunehiko Kamijō
- Utsunomiya Shigefusa: Takehiro Murata
- Hōjō Ujimasa: Goro Ibuki
- Hōjō Ujinao: Masayoshi Haneda
- Matsunaga Hisahide: Mickey Curtis
- Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino: Bob Werley
- Luís Fróis: Oziel Nozaki
- Gaspar Coelho: Ricardo Teixeira
TV schedule
[edit ]| Episode | Original airdate | Title | Directed by | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 5, 2014 (2014年01月05日) | "Ikinokori no Okite" (生き残りの掟) | Kenji Tanaka | 18.9% |
| 2 | January 12, 2014 (2014年01月12日) | "Wasure'enu Hatsukoi" (忘れえぬ初恋) | 16.9% | |
| 3 | January 19, 2014 (2014年01月19日) | "Inochi no Tsukaimichi" (命の使い道) | 18.0% | |
| 4 | January 26, 2014 (2014年01月26日) | "Atarashiki Kadode" (新しき門出) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 16.5% |
| 5 | February 2, 2014 (2014年02月02日) | "Shitō no Hate" (死闘の果て) | 16.0% | |
| 6 | February 9, 2014 (2014年02月09日) | "Nobunaga no Kake" (信長の賭け) | Kenji Tanaka | 15.0% |
| 7 | February 16, 2014 (2014年02月16日) | "Ketsudan no Toki" (決断のとき) | 15.2% | |
| 8 | February 23, 2014 (2014年02月23日) | "Hideyoshi toiu Otoko" (秀吉という男) | 16.1% | |
| 9 | March 2, 2014 (2014年03月02日) | "Kanbei Tamesareru" (官兵衛試される) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 15.4% |
| 10 | March 9, 2014 (2014年03月09日) | "Mōri Shūrai" (毛利襲来) | 15.7% | |
| 11 | March 16, 2014 (2014年03月16日) | "Inochigake no Utage" (命がけの宴) | Taku Ōhara | 15.8% |
| 12 | March 23, 2014 (2014年03月23日) | "Hitojichi Shōjumaru" (人質松寿丸) | 15.8% | |
| 13 | March 30, 2014 (2014年03月30日) | "Kodera wa Madaka" (小寺はまだか) | Kenji Tanaka | 12.9% |
| 14 | April 6, 2014 (2014年04月06日) | "Hikisakareru Shimai" (引き裂かれる姉妹) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 14.8% |
| 15 | April 13, 2014 (2014年04月13日) | "Harima Bundan" (播磨分断) | Taku Ōhara | 14.9% |
| 16 | April 20, 2014 (2014年04月20日) | "Kōzuki-jō no Mamori" (上月城の守り) | Kenji Tanaka | 16.2% |
| 17 | April 27, 2014 (2014年04月27日) | "Misuterareta Shiro" (見捨てられた城) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 15.6% |
| 18 | May 4, 2014 (2014年05月04日) | "Uragiru Riyū" (裏切る理由) | Taku Ōhara | 12.3% |
| 19 | May 11, 2014 (2014年05月11日) | "Hijō no Wana" (非情の罠) | Kenji Tanaka | 13.7% |
| 20 | May 18, 2014 (2014年05月18日) | "Toraware no Gunshi" (囚われの軍師) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 15.0% |
| 21 | May 25, 2014 (2014年05月25日) | "Shōjumaru no Inochi" (松寿丸の命) | Taku Ōhara | 14.8% |
| 22 | June 1, 2014 (2014年06月01日) | "Arioka, Saigo no Hi" (有岡、最後の日) | Kenji Tanaka | 16.6% |
| 23 | June 8, 2014 (2014年06月08日) | "Hanbei no Yuigon" (半兵衛の遺言) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 16.0% |
| 24 | June 15, 2014 (2014年06月15日) | "Kaettekita Gunshi" (帰ってきた軍師) | Taku Ōhara | 17.5% |
| 25 | June 22, 2014 (2014年06月22日) | "Eeiga no Kiwami" (栄華の極み) | Kenji Tanaka | 16.4% |
| 26 | June 29, 2014 (2014年06月29日) | "Nagamasa Uijin" (長政初陣) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 14.9% |
| 27 | July 6, 2014 (2014年07月06日) | "Takamatsu-jō Mizu-zeme" (高松城水攻め) | Taku Ōhara | 16.7% |
| 28 | July 13, 2014 (2014年07月13日) | "Honnō-ji no Hen" (本能寺の変) | Kenji Tanaka | 17.5% |
| 29 | July 20, 2014 (2014年07月20日) | "Tenka no Hisaku" (天下の秘策) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 19.4% |
| 30 | July 27, 2014 (2014年07月27日) | "Chūgoku Ōgaeshi" (中国大返し) | Taku Ōhara | 15.6% |
| 31 | August 3, 2014 (2014年08月03日) | "Tenkabito eno Michi" (天下人への道) | Hirokazu Ozaki | 18.2% |
| 32 | August 10, 2014 (2014年08月10日) | "Saraba, Chichi yo!" (さらば、父よ!) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 16.1% |
| 33 | August 17, 2014 (2014年08月17日) | "Kizudarake no Tamashii" (傷だらけの魂) | Taku Ōhara | 16.7% |
| 34 | August 24, 2014 (2014年08月24日) | "Kyūshū Shutsujin" (九州出陣) | Hirokazu Ozaki | 13.0% |
| 35 | August 31, 2014 (2014年08月31日) | "Hideyoshi no Takurami" (秀吉のたくらみ) | Kenji Tanaka | 14.5% |
| 36 | September 7, 2014 (2014年09月07日) | "Shiren no Shintenchi" (試練の新天地) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 15.1% |
| 37 | September 14, 2014 (2014年09月14日) | "Kiidani-jō no Higeki" (城井谷の悲劇) | Taku Ōhara | 14.6% |
| 38 | September 21, 2014 (2014年09月21日) | "Oikomareru Gunshi" (追い込まれる軍師) | Hideki Fujinami | 15.0% |
| 39 | September 28, 2014 (2014年09月28日) | "Ato wo Tsugu Mono" (跡を継ぐ者) | Kenji Tanaka | 14.6% |
| 40 | October 5, 2014 (2014年10月05日) | "Odawara no Rakujitsu" (小田原の落日) | Taku Ōhara | 17.6% |
| 41 | October 12, 2014 (2014年10月12日) | "Otoko-tachi no Kakugo" (男たちの覚悟) | Hideki Fujinami | 14.1% |
| 42 | October 19, 2014 (2014年10月19日) | "Taikō no Yabō" (太閤の野望) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 15.6% |
| 43 | October 26, 2014 (2014年10月26日) | "Josui Tanjō" (如水誕生) | Kenji Tanaka | 15.3% |
| 44 | November 2, 2014 (2014年11月02日) | "Ochiyuku Kyosei" (落ちゆく巨星) | Wataru Suzuki | 15.0% |
| 45 | November 9, 2014 (2014年11月09日) | "Hideyoshi no Saigo" (秀吉の最期) | Taku Ōhara | 16.8% |
| 46 | November 16, 2014 (2014年11月16日) | "Ieyasu Ugoku" (家康動く) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 16.4% |
| 47 | November 23, 2014 (2014年11月23日) | "Josui Hakaru" (如水謀る) | Kenji Tanaka | 15.4% |
| 48 | November 30, 2014 (2014年11月30日) | "Tenka Dōran" (天下動乱) | Taku Ōhara | 16.6% |
| 49 | December 7, 2014 (2014年12月07日) | "Josui Saigo no Shōbu" (如水最後の勝負) | Kazuhiro Motoki | 15.8% |
| 50 | December 21, 2014 (2014年12月21日) | "Ranse Koko ni Owaru" (乱世ここに終わる) | Kenji Tanaka | 17.6% |
| Average rating 15.8% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).[3] | ||||
Books
[edit ]- NHK Taiga Drama Story Gunshi Kanbei Vol.1 ISBN 978-4-14-923345-1 (Official guide)
- Yoichi Maekawa and Kuniko Aoki, Taiga Drama Gunshi Kanbei, Tokyo, NHK Publishing Co., Ltd., 2014 (novelisation)
References
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- ^ Corkill, Edan (1 January 2014). "NHK's yearlong drama 'Gunshi Kanbei' takes cues from Korean success stories". The Japan Times . Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ a b Yoichi Maekawa, NHK Taiga Drama Story Gunshi Kanbei vol.1, Tokyo: NHK Publishing Co., Ltd., 2014
- ^ "NHK大河「軍師官兵衛」平均は15.8% 21日に終了". Sankei Shimbun. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
External links
[edit ]Categories:
- Taiga drama
- 2014 Japanese television series debuts
- 2014 Japanese television series endings
- Catholic Church in Japan
- Cultural depictions of Akechi Mitsuhide
- Cultural depictions of Oda Nobunaga
- Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Cultural depictions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Television series set in the 16th century
- Television shows set in Osaka
- Television shows set in Hyōgo Prefecture
- Television shows set in Fukuoka Prefecture
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