Japanese Drama - Komyo ga Tsuji

* Title (kana): 功名が辻 (こうみょうがつじ)
* Title (Hepburn): Kōmyō ga Tsuji
* Title (Kunrei-shiki): Kōmyō ga Tuji
* Title (other romaji): Komyo ga Tsuji / Koumyou ga Tsuji
* Episodes: 49 plus 2-part highlights SP
* Genre: Jidaigeki renzoku
* Viewership ratings: ep1=19.8 high=24.4 avg=20.9 (all Kanto #s)
* Broadcast network: NHK
* Broadcast period: 2006-Jan-08 to 2006-Dec-10 (SP 2006-Dec-24)
* Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

The 45th NHK Taiga Drama is Komyo ga Tsuji.

Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He served Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Chiyo (1557-1617) was his wife, and was known in history for her dedication and devotion to her husband (like Matsu was to Toshiie in Toshiie to Matsu). She is the daughter of a samurai who served the feudal lord Asai.

Cast

Yamauchi House

Kazutoyo's Family

* Nakama Yukie as Chiyo
o Nagai Anzu as Chiyo (child role)
* Kamikawa Takaya as Yamauchi Kazutoyo
* Morisako Ei as Yone (young girl)
o Minakawa Hinano as Yone (infant)
* Takuma Shin as Wakamiya Tomooki
* Kimura Tae as Tomo
* Takigawa Yumi as Kinu
* Tsugawa Masahiko as Fuwa Ichinojo
* Sakaguchi Shinya (坂口進也) as Yamauchi Moritoyo
* Sakuma Yoshiko as Hoshuni
* Tamaki Hiroshi as Yamauchi Yasutoyo

Yamauchi Vassal

* Takeda Tetsuya as Goto Kichibei
* Ogura Hisahiro
* Maeda Gin as Sofue Shinemon
* Kumagai Mami as Fune
* Hamada Manabu as Sofue Shinichiro
* Terashima Saki as Tsuru
* Serizawa Yuko as Tsuru
* Saito Nana as Ume
* Nomura Sayano as Kane
* Sasano Kenta (ささの堅太) as Tokujiro
* Yanagi Momoko as Tome
* Sasano Takato (ささの貴斗) as Kosaburo
* Tanoue Koukichi (田上晃吉) as Heizo
* Yamamoto Azusa as Fuku
* Iwakura Saori (岩倉沙織) as Shino
* Kodama Yoko (児玉陽子) as Hatsuno
* Nagasawa Sotaro
* Tanoue Kokichi
* Tsuchihira Donpei
* Nakamura Koji
* Hamagami Tatsuya

Oda Family

* Tachi Hiroshi as Oda Nobunaga
* Wakui Emi as Noh
* Iinuma Seiji (飯沼誠司) as Oda Nobutaka
* Hashimoto Hiroki (橋本啓輝) as Oda Nobuyuki
* Daichi Mao as Ichi (Oichi in the NHK/TVJ subtitles)
* Kaze Yoshimasa and Naganuma Norio as Noh's chorus
* Imaichi Naoyuki as Oda Nobutada

Oda Vassal

* Katsuno Hiroshi as Shibata Katsuie
* Nadaka Tatsuo as Niwa Nagahide
* Kariya Shunsuke as Hayashi Hidesada
* Tawaragi Tota as Sakuma Nobumori
* Kondo Masaomi (近藤正臣) as Hosokawa Fujitaka
* Ino Manabu (猪野学) as Hosokawa Tadaoki
* Bengal as Araki Murashige
* Shinagawa Toru as Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide
* Watanabe Dai as Mori Ranmaru
* Okamoto Kazunori (岡本和範) as Yanada Masatsuna
* Yamagami Kenji (山上賢治) as Fukutomi Heitaro

Akechi House

* Bando Mitsugoro as Akechi Mitsuhide
* Karasuma Setsuko (烏丸せつこ) as Maki
* Horiuchi Megumi (堀内恵) as Rin
* Hashiguchi Erina as Kiku
* Hasegawa Kyoko as Tama (later Gracia)
o Imaizumi Nonoka as Tama (child)

Toyotomi Family

* Emoto Akira as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
* Asano Yuko as Nene
* Nagasaku Hiromi as Chacha, and then later Yodo
* Matsumoto Akiko as Asahi (Hideyoshi's sister)
* Tanabe Yoshimi as Nanden
* Narimiya Hiroki as Chihyo
* Sugai Kin as Naka (Hideyoshi's mother)
* Kobayashi Masahiro Minamoto Suke
* Noguchi Goro as Soeda Jinbei
* Nihei Kouichi (二瓶鮫一) as Asano Nagakatsu
* Mayuko as Yaya

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Toyotomi Vassal

* Nakamura Hashinosuke as Ishida Mitsunari
* Namase Katsuhisa as Horio Mosuke
* Mihara Junko as Ito
* Tamura Atsushi as Nakamura Kazuuji
* Otoha as Toshi
* Tsutsui Michitaka as Takenaka Hanbei
* Konishi Hiroki as Takenaka Kyuusaku
* Saito Yosuke as Kuroda Yoshitaka
* Ishikura Saburo as Maeno Shoemon

Warring States Generals

Tokugawa Family

* Nishida Toshiyuki as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Azai and the Asakura House

* Enoki Takaaki as Azai Nagamasa
* Yamamoto Kei as Azai Hisamasa

Imagawa Family

* Emori Toru as Imagawa Yoshimoto

Others

* Yamazaki Kaido as Miyabe Hizennokami
* Okada Masanori as Mitazaki Kaemon
* Kitamura Koichi as Endo Kiemon
* Ibuki Go as Isono Tanbanokami Kazumasa
* Takayama Yoshihiro as Hachisuka Koroku
* Arashi Hironari as Fukushima Masanori
* Tawaragi Tota as Sakuma Nobumori
* Namase Katsuhisa as Horio Yoshiharu
* Nagasawa Masami as Korin
* Kagawa Teruyuki as Rokuheita
* Uno Tasuku as Ando Morinari
* Mitani Koki as Ashikaga Yoshiaki
* Nakagawa Noriyuki
* Takishima Masako as narrator of Travels piece
* Furukawa Shinji as Takigawa Kazumasu
* Yamazaki Yusuke as attendant
* Komase Naoya as Protagonist (ep18)
* Banshin Taro and Nakasho Yoshio as companions (ep18)
* Ep18 musicians: Isso Takayuki, Kanze Shinkuro, Kakihara Hirokazu, Sukekawa Osamu
* Matsuno Kenichi as Kaisen Joki
* Yoshino Masahiro as Mizo Katsuhei
* Kinoshita Hiroyuki as Shimizu Muneharu
* Hosokawa Fumie as Toki
* Karasawa Toshiaki as Maeda Toshiie
* Ishikawa Sayuri (guest, ep31)
* Okayama Hajime as Yojiro (guest, ep45)
* Asari Yosuke

Production Credits

* Original writing: Shiba Ryotaro

from the writing "Komyo ga Tsuji" (1963-Oct to 1965-Jan)

* Screenwriter: Ooishi Shizuka
* Directors: Ozaki Mitsunobu
* Music: Koroku Reijiro (小六禮次郎)
* Narration: Miyake Tamio (三宅民夫)
* Theme music performance: NHK Symphony Orchestra
o Conducter: Vladimir Ashkenazy
o Music performer: FAIR WIND Music
* Incidental music
o Flute: Emmanuel Pahud (EMI)
* Subtitler (Japanese): Dan Kyoko
* Background researcher: Owada Tetsuo
* Manners researcher: Futaki Ken'ichi
* Architecture researcher: Hirai Kiyoshi
* Costume researcher: Koizumi Kyoko
* Sword battle/Military arts coach: Hayashi Kunishiro

* Horsemanship coach: Tanaka Mitsunori
* Conduct coach: Tachibana Yoshie
* Owari speech coach: Moriya Kesato
* Noh Play coach: Kanze Yoshimasa
* Snare Drum coach: Goto Katsuyuki
* Japanese music coach: Kiyomoto Eikichi
* Work unifier: Ooka Akimasa
* Art: Kishi Toshimitsu
* Technology: Ichikawa Takao
* Sound effects: Kubo Mitsuo
* Recording: Noda Shigeko
* Editing: Mizushima Kiyoko
* Photography: Yokoyama Yoshiyuki
* Illumination: Kimura Nakaya
* Sound: Tomizawa Hitoshi
* Image art: Yokota Kanji
* Progress art: Matsudani Takafumi