Minamoto no Yoshitsune (TV series)

Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) is a 1966 Japanese television series. It is the 4th NHK taiga drama.

First viewing rating: 32.5%. Highest audience rating: 32.5%. Average audience rating: 23.5%.

Although only episodes 1, 33, and 52 still exist, it is the most surviving footage of the 1960s Taiga dramas.

Story
The drama deals with the Genpei War during late Heian period. Based on Genzō Murakami's novels "Minamoto no Yoshitsune".

The story chronicles the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

Production

 * Kunishirō Hayashi - Sword fight arranger

Yoshitsune and people around him

 * Onoe Kikunosuke VII as Minamoto no Yoshitsune
 * Ken Ogata as Benkei
 * Junko Fuji as Shizuka Gozen
 * Isuzu Yamada as Tokiwa Gozen
 * Hiroshi Akutagawa as Minamoto no Yoritomo
 * Michiko Otsuka as Hojo Masako
 * Kazuo Kitamura as Ōe no Hiromoto
 * Jun Tazaki as Tosano bo Soshun
 * Shin Kishida as Onuki Jiro
 * Isao Hashizume

Taira clan

 * Ryutaro Tashumi as Taira no Kiyomori
 * Chiyonosuke Azuma as Taira no Munemori
 * Kazuo Funaki as Taira no Atsumori
 * Takashi Yamaguchi as Taira no Noritsune
 * Shōbun Inoue as Taira no Moritsugu
 * Takeshi Katō as Taira no Kagekiyo
 * Chikao Ohtsuka as Fujiwara no Tadakiyo

Fujiwara clan

 * Osamu Takizawa as Fujiwara no Hidehira
 * Mayumi Ogawa as Shinobu
 * Masakazu Tamura as Fujiwara no Tadahira
 * Masao Shimizu as Fujiwara no Motonari
 * Daisuke Katō as Kaneuri Kichiji
 * Misako Watanabe as Akane

Others

 * Bandō Mitsugorō IX as Takashina no Yasutsune
 * Fumio Watanabe as Inoie Hachiro
 * Machiko Washio as Ku
 * Kenji Utsumi as Toraus
 * Jūkei Fujioka as Adachi Saburō Kiyotsune
 * Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Togashi Yasuie
 * Shūichirō Moriyama as Aiko Sanjuro