Details
Title: 男装の麗人
Title (romaji): Danso no Reijin
Tagline: 川島芳子の生涯
Tagline (romaji): Kawashima Yoshiko no Shogai
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Historical
Viewership rating: 12.1
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast date: 2008-Dec-06
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Synopsis
The drama is based on the life of the Manchu princess Kawashima Yoshiko, who served as a spy for the Kwantung Army and as a military leader for Manchukuo. The former actress/singer Ri Kouran (also known as Yamaguchi Yoshiko), on the other hand, was a Japanese woman born in China, where she initially built her career as an actress. Although the two were of different generations, they were said to be closely linked at one point. --Tokyograph
Cast
Kuroki Meisa as Kawashima Yoshiko (age 14-35)
Maya Miki as Kawashima Yoshiko (age 38-41)
Yagi Yuki as Kawashima Yoshiko (age 6-7)
Horikita Maki as Yamaguchi Yoshiko / Ri Kouran
Natsumi Elena
Miyatake Mio
Asano Kaya (浅野かや)
Honda Sayuri (本田小百合)
Yamazaki Kaoru (山崎薫)
Song Xiang Ping (宋湘平)
Haku Hiroshi (薄宏)
Hira Mikijiro as Kawashima Naniwa
Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Tanaka Ryukichi
Wakamura Mayumi
Hoshino Mari as Empress Wan Rong
Okamoto Rei
Tsutsui Mariko
Nakamura Toru as Amakasu Masahiko
Dan Jiro
Nakahara Takeo as Tada Hayao
Takashima Masanobu as Puyi
Nakamura Masatoshi
Kiritani Mirei
Odaka Anna
Nakabayashi Taiki
Koichi Mantaro as Tsuchiya Bunmei
Tokunaga Eri
Okuchi Kengo (大口兼悟)
Sakuragi Ryosuke (桜木涼介)
Production Credits
Original writing (biography): Danso no Reijin by Tomomi Muramatsu
Screenwriter: Tatsui Yukari
Producer: Uchiyama Seiko (内山聖子)
Director: Fujita Meiji (藤田明二)
