Yoshitsune (NHK Taiga Drama)

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Takizawa Hideaki as Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Japanese Title: Yoshitsune

• Aired in Japan, 2005
• Language: Japanese

Synopsis

The 2005 NHK Taiga drama details the legendary life of Yoshitsune, and his rise from young orphan to powerful Genji general. The second Taiga drama to feature Yoshitsune, the first being 1966's Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

Character List

• Minamoto Yoshitsune (Takizawa Hideaki)
• Musashibo Benkei (Matsudaira Ken)
• Ise Saburo (Nanbara Kiyotaka)
• Suruga Jiro (Ujiki Tsuyoshi)
• Kisanta (Itoh Atsushi)
• Taira Kiyomori (Watari Tetsuya)
• Taira Shigemori (Katsumura Masanobu)
• Taira Munemori (Tsurumi Shingo)
• Kajiwara Kagetoki (Nakao Akira)
• Ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa (Hira Mikijiro)
• Minamoto Yoritomo (Nakai Kiichi)
• Hojo Masako (Zaizen Naomi)

Purchase Links

• Available English subtitled through kurotokagi.com