Genroku Ryoran (1999)
Original title: 元禄繚乱
Genroku Ryoran is a 1999 Japanese-language drama series. It stars Ken Matsudaira, Rie Miyazawa and Ryoko Shinohara.
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
Cast
- Ken Matsudaira as Irobe Matashiro
- Rie Miyazawa as Aguri
- Ryoko Shinohara as Sadako
- Hiroshi Abe as Horibe Yasubei
- Koji Ishizaka as Kira Yoshinaka
- Noriyuki Higashiyama as Asano Naganori
- Hiroaki Murakami as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira
- Kenichi Hagiwara as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
- Eisaku Yoshida as Okajima Tadatsugu
- Akira Emoto as Genshiro
- Mari Natsuki as Tomiko
- Tetta Sugimoto as Fuwa Kuzaemon