Taikōki (TV series)

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Taikōki
Genre Taiga drama
Written bySōsuke Mogi
Directed byEi Okazaki etc
Starring
Narrated byJunnosuke Hiramitsu
Theme music composer Yoshirō Irino
Opening theme NHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
Network NHK
ReleaseJanuary 3 (1965-01-03) 
December 26, 1965 (1965-12-26)
Related
Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Taikōki (太閤記) is a 1965 Japanese television series. It is the 3rd NHK taiga drama. [1] [2]

Contents

Story

Taikōki deals with the Sengoku period. Based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novels "Shinsho Taikōki". [3] [4] Now only episode 42 exists, which depicted the Honnō-ji Incident. [1]

The story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi from childhood to ruler of Japan. [5] [6]

NHK originally scheduled the Honnō-ji Incident for the 32nd episode to be aired on August 8th, but due to the popularity of Kōji Takahashi's portrayal as Oda Nobunaga, they received letters from audience viewers asking them to "please don't kill Nobunaga". In response, the producers delayed the episode for two months, airing it on October 17th as the drama's 42nd episode. Furthermore, Nobunaga continued to appear in flashback scenes.

The average viewership across all episodes came to 31.2%, with the peak reaching 39.7% on October 17th with the 42nd episode. [7]

Production

Cast

Toyotomi clan

Hideyoshi's vassals

Oda clan

Nobunaga's vassals

Tokugawa clan

Takeda clan

Uesugi clan

Azai clan

Mōri clan

Ashikaga clan

Others

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