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Kōmyō ga Tsuji

Kōmyō ga Tsuji is a 2006 Japanese historical television series, and the 45th NHK taiga drama. It is written by Shizuka Ōishi, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Ryōtarō Shiba. The series chronicles the lives of Chiyo and Yamauchi Kazutoyo, a couple who lived during the Sengoku period of Japan.

Cast
Chiyo and KazutoyoYukie Nakama as Chiyo, wife of Kazutoyo • Anzu Nagai as young Chiyo • Takaya Kamikawa as Yamauchi Kazutoyo, samurai and later Lord of Tosa • Shingo Michinaka as young Kazutoyo Their familyYoshiko Sakuma as Hōshūin • Hiroshi Tamaki as Yamauchi Yasutoyo • Masahiko Tsugawa as Fuwa Ichinojō • Yumi Takigawa as Kinu • Shin Takuma as Wakamiya Kisuke • Tae Kimura as Tomo • Ei Morisako as Yone • Haruma Miura as Shōnan Goto and Sofue clanTetsuya Takeda as Goto Kichibei • Gin Maeda as Sofue Shinemon • Mami Kumagai as Fune • Manabu Hamada as Sofue Shin'ichirō • Shinnosuke Furumoto as Sofue Tokushinsai Horio clanKatsuhisa Namase as Horio YoshiharuJunko Mihara as Ito • Atsuo Ōuchi as Horio Tadauji Nakamura clanAtsushi Tamura as Nakamura Kazuuji • Otoha as Toshi • Momoki Yamada as Yokota Naizen Oda clanHiroshi Tachi as Oda NobunagaMao Daichi as OichiEmi Wakui as Nōhime • Seiji Iinuma as Oda Nobutaka • Kunihiko Ōchiba as Oda Nobukatsu • Yūki Fujita as SanbōshiBandō Mitsugorō X as Akechi MitsuhideHiroshi Katsuno as Shibata Katsuie • Tatsuo Nadaka as Niwa Nagahide • Shunsuke Kariya as Hayashi Michikatsu • Tōta Tawaragi as Sakuma Nobumori • Shinji Furukawa as Takigawa Kazumasu • Dai Watanabe as Mori Ranmaru Toyotomi clanAkira Emoto as Toyotomi HideyoshiYūko Asano as NeneHiromi Nagasaku as Chacha • Mao Noguchi as young Chacha • Hiroki Narimiya as Toyotomi Hidetsugu • Reita Shibai as young Hidetsugu • Kin Sugai as NakaAkiko Matsumoto as AsahiGoro Noguchi as Soeda Jinbei • Masahiro Kobayashi as Gensuke • Junichi Haruta as Toyotomi HidenagaHideo Ishiguro as Toyotomi Hideyori • Nakamura Hashinosuke III as Ishida Mitsunari • Michitaka Tsutsui as Takenaka HanbeiYoshihiro Takayama as Hachisuka Koroku • Yōsuke Saitō as Kuroda Kanbei • Hideaki Tamiya as Kuroda Nagamasa • Norihito Kaneko as Katō Kiyomasa • Hironari Arashi as Fukushima Masanori Tokugawa clanToshiyuki Nishida as Tokugawa IeyasuNakamura Baijaku II as Tokugawa Hidetada • Ayami Tsuru as SenhimeKen Tanaka as Honda Sakuzaemon • Eisuke Sasai as Ii Naomasa • Tarō Kawano as Sakakibara YasumasaNobuhiko Takada ad Honda Tadakatsu • Hiroshi Ōkōchi as Ishikawa KazumasaJunpei Morita as Sakai Tadatsugu • Ryō Amamiya as Honda Masazumi • Susumu Nihashi as Hattori Hanzō Hosokawa clanMasaomi Kondō as Hosokawa YūsaiKyōko Hasegawa as Hosokawa GraciaManabu Ino as Hosokawa TadaokiKyūsaku Shimada as Ogasawara ShōsaiMariko Tsutsui as Kiyo Azai clanTakaaki Enoki as Azai NagamasaKei Yamamoto as Azai Hisamasa • Ayato Kosugi as Manpukumaru • Maiko Kikkawa as Hatsu • Rina Matsumoto as young Hatsu • Erika Niibo as • Nichika Hara as young Gō Saitō clan • Kazuma Kudō as Saitō Tatsuoki • Tasuku Uno as Andō Morinari • Hideki Oshikiri as Hineno Hironari • Toshiya Tanaka as Ujiie Bokuzen • Takashi Kuramoto as Inaba Ittetsu Mōri clanMasane Tsukayama as Mōri Terumoto • Moro Moro'oka as Kikkawa Hiroie • Shōichirō Akaboshi as Ankokuji EkeiHiroyuki Kinoshita as Shimizu Muneharu Ashikaga shogunateKōki Mitani as Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi as Ashikaga Yoshiteru OthersTeruyuki Kagawa as Rokuheita • Masami Nagasawa as Korin • Sayuri Ishikawa as Setsu • Tōru Emori as Imagawa YoshimotoTokio Emoto as Emperor Go-Yōzei • Tōru Shinagawa as Matsunaga Hisahide • Hiroyuki Sakamoto as Kobayakawa HideakiHiroshi Iwasaki as Shimazu YoshihiroRyō Tamura as Shimazu ToyohisaKen Yasuda as Ukita HideieKenichi Yajima as Naoe KanetsuguToshiaki Karasawa as Maeda Toshiie ==Production==
Production
The 45th taiga drama was announced to be Kōmyō ga Tsuji on July 16, 2004, with Yukie Nakama and Takaya Kamikawa starring in the lead roles of Chiyo and Yamauchi Kazutoyo respectively. Toshiaki Karasawa made a cameo appearance as Maeda Toshiie, a protagonist of the 2002 taiga drama. As the series was in the middle of its run with high ratings, chief producer Akimasa Oda remarked that the series' success is likely due to its lead couple's ordinariness and industrious attitude. ==Home media==
Home media
The first 27 episodes of Kōmyō ga Tsuji were released by NHK within one DVD box set on January 25, 2007. The remaining 22 episodes were released in a separate box set on March 21, 2007. ==Soundtrack==
Soundtrack
NHK Taiga Drama "Kōmyō ga Tsuji" Original Soundtrack (Release date: May 10, 2006) ==References==
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