Details
Title: 真田太平記
Title (romaji): Sanada Taiheiki
Format: renzoku
Genre: historical jidaigeki
Episodes: 45
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 1985-Apr-03 to 1986-Mar-09
Air time: Wednesday
Synopsis
Based on a weekly serial novel by Ikenami Shotaro for the magazine Shuukan Asahi (1974-1983), the drama tells the story of the Sanada family. Originally serving the Takeda Clan they ruled the northern district of Shinano. The story begins right after the death of Takeda Shingen, continues through the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu who founded the Tokugawa shogunate and covers roughly the period 1580-1610.
Cast
Watase Tsunehiko as Sanada Nobuyuki
Kusakari Masao as Sanada Yukimura
Tanba Tetsuro as Sanada Masayuki
Koyama Akiko (小山明子) as Yamate-sama
Sakaguchi Ryoko (坂口良子) as O-Toku
Konno Misako
Haruka Kurara (遥くらら) as O-E (a Ninja)
Nakamura Umenosuke (中村梅之助) as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Production Credits
Original writing: Ikenami Shotaro (池波正太郎)
Screenwriter: Kaneko Narito (金子成人)
Director: Makoto Oohara, Masami Kadowaki
Music: Hayashi Hikaru (林光)
Notes
The novel has become famous enough to devote a whole museum in Ueda (former Sanada Clan castle town) to it: 池波正太郎 真田太平記館 (Ikenami Shotaro Sanada Taiheiki Kan)
