Details
Title: 竜馬がゆく
Title (romaji): Ryoma ga Yuku
Also known as: Ryoma Forever
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Jidaigeki
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 1997
See also: Ryoma ga Yuku (NHK, 1968)
Synopsis
Ryoma ga Yuku is a five-hour epic which chronicles the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to study swordsmanship, Ryoma heads for Edo where he meets many people who influence his thinking. He becomes close friends with men like Katsu Kaishu and Saigo Takamori and later establishes a naval training school in Kobe. Ryoma's controversial political views make him a target for shogunate assassins but his fervent belief in a classless society helps forge the Choshu-Satsuma alliance which ultimately brings about the Meiji Restoration.
Cast
Kamikawa Takaya
Sawaguchi Yasuko
Tsuruta Mayu
Matsu Takako
Nagase Tomoya
Ikegami Kimiko
Nishida Toshiyuki
Matsumoto Koshiro
Daichi Mao
Takashima Masahiro
Production Credits
Original writing: Shiba Ryotaro
