Haru no Sakamichi (TV series)

Haru no Sakamichi (春の坂道) is a 1971 Japanese television series. It is the ninth NHK taiga drama.

Average viewership rating: 21.7%, with highest rating peaking at 27.5%. No footage in full color is said still exist, however only the 52nd episode still remains in black and white due to recording technology at the time.

Story
Haru no Sakamichi deals with the late Sengoku period to early Edo period. Based on Sōhachi Yamaoka's novel by the same title.

The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori

Production
Production Credits
 * Original story – Sōhachi Yamaoka
 * Music – Akira Miyoshi

Yagyū Clan

 * Nakamura Kinnosuke as Yagyū Munenori
 * Chitose Kobayashi as Orin
 * Rumi Matsumoto as Karasuma Junko
 * Hiroshi Akutagawa as Yagyū Munetoshi
 * Yoshio Harada as Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
 * Ryo Tamura as Yagyū Samon
 * Koji Shimizu as Yagyū Munefuyu

Tokugawa Clan

 * So Yamamura as Tokugawa Ieyasu
 * Tetsuya Aoyama as Tokugawa Hidetada
 * Ichikawa Ebizō X as Tokugawa Iemitsu
 * Yoko Tsukasa as Lady Kasuga
 * Tetsuo Ishidate as Matsudaira Tadateru
 * Kazuo Funaki as Tokugawa Tadanaga
 * Isao Sasaki as Matsudaira Tadanao

Toyotomi Clan

 * Shikaku Nakamura as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
 * Tomoko Naraoka as Nene
 * Kyōko Kishida as Yodo-dono
 * Kataoka Takao as Toyotomi Hideyori
 * Atsuo Nakamura as Ishida Mitsunari
 * Kazuo Kitamura as Shima Sakon
 * Kōjirō Kusanagi as Konishi Yukinaga
 * Junshi Shimada as Kimura Shigenari
 * Masao Shimizu as Asano Nagamasa
 * Etsushi Takahashi as Kuroda Nagamasa
 * Shōgo Shimada as Sanada Yukimura
 * Masakazu Tamura as Fuwa Bansaku
 * Yoshio Tsuchiya as Ōtani Yoshitsugu

Others

 * Takahiro Tamura as Takuan Sōhō
 * Hideki Takahashi as Sakazaki Naomori
 * Shun Oide as Matsudaira Nobutsuna
 * Tappie Shimokawa
 * Go Wakabayashi as Araki Mataemon
 * Akiji Kobayashi as Abe Shigetsugu
 * Mitsuko Baisho as Osame
 * Tōru Emori as Doi Toshikatsu
 * Takashi Shimura as Aoyama Tadatoshi
 * Isamu Nagato as Yosa
 * Isao Hashizume as Tawara Harunosuke