Hideyoshi (TV series)

The story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ==Production==

Production Credits • Original – Taichi Sakaiya • Music – Reijirō Koroku • Titling – Hisaya Morishige • Narrator – Etsuko Ichihara, Ryuji Miyamoto • Historical research – Tetsuo Owada • Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi ==Cast==

Starring role • Naoto Takenaka as Hideyoshi ===Toyotomi clan=== • Yasuko Sawaguchi as One - wife of Hideyoshi • Etsuko Ichihara as Naka - mother of Hideyoshi • Ichiro Zaitsu as Chikuami - stepfather of Hideyoshi • Masanobu Takashima as Toyotomi Hidenaga - younger brother of Hideyoshi • Naomi Hosokawa as Sato - younger sister of Hideyoshi • Takako Matsu as Cha-cha - concubine of Hideyoshi • Hiroyuki Sanada as Ishida Mitsunari • Shun Oguri as Sakichi (young Mitsunari) • Atsushi Onita as Hachisuka Masakatsu • Ikkō Furuya as Takenaka Hanbei • Masatō Ibu as Kuroda Kanbei • Yosuke Asari as young Ukita Hideie ===Oda clan=== • Tetsuya Watari as Oda Nobunaga • Hiroaki Murakami as Akechi Mitsuhide • Narimi Arimori as Tsumaki Hiroko - wife of Mitsuhide • Yōko Nogiwa as Omaki no kata - mother of Mitsuhide • Eriko Tamura as Akechi Tama • Mitsuko Yorichika as Oichi - younger sister of Nobunaga • Akira Nakao as Shibata Katsuie • Yasunori Danta as Takigawa Kazumasu • Saburō Shinoda as Niwa Nagahide • Masahiro Matsuoka as Mori Ranmaru • Hideo Takamatsu as Hayashi Sado no Kami • Samy Pop as Yasuke • Junkichi Orimoto as Sakuma Nobumori • Toru Watanabe as Maeda Toshiie • Azusa Nakamura as Maeda Matsu ===Tokugawa clan=== • Masahiko Nishimura as Tokugawa Ieyasu • Joe Shishido as Honda Masanobu • Naoya Makoto as Ishikawa Kazumasa • Ryū Manatsu as Sakai Tadatsugu • Maki Ishikawa as Lady Tsukiyama • Shin'ichirō Satō as Matsudaira Nobuyasu Others • Hidekazu Akai as Ishikawa Goemon - best friend of Hideyoshi • Mayo Suzukaze as Otaki - wife of Goemon • Tatsuya Nakadai as Sen no Rikyū - a tea master • Kōji Tamaki as Ashikaga Yoshiaki - the 15th and last shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate • Aki Yashiro as Osen • Osamu Saka as Satomura Joha • Terry O'Brien as Luís Fróis • Masakane Yonekura as Imagawa Yoshimoto • Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Saitō Dōsan • Kiyoshi Nakajō as Ankokuji Ekei ==TV schedule==

==Broadcasting in the United States==

Circa 1997–98, New Jersey Network would air the show subtitled in English on Sunday evenings at 11:00pm EST. However, there is no physical domestic release of this series on VHS or DVD. ==References==