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.

Cast

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

Purchase Links

• Available English subtitled through kurotokagi.com