Details
Title: 太閤記
Tagline: サルと呼ばれた男
Title (romaji): Taikoki
Tagline (romaji): Saru (Monkey) to Yobareta Otoko
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Jidaigeki
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast date: 2003-Dec-27
Synopsis
This tanpatsu documents the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was nicknamed "Saru" because his face was similar to the face of a monkey. He was a very patient and caring lord, as his background was that of a farmer. Hideyoshi would eventually gain power after killing Akechi Mitsuhide, as revenge for the death of Oda Nobunaga. --groink
Cast
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Fujiki Naohito as Oda Nobunaga
Kuninaka Ryoko as Nene (wife of Hideyoshi)
Ishiguro Ken as Kuroda Yoshitaka
Miyasako Hiroyuki as Akechi Mitsuhide
Takahashi Katsumi as Shibata Katsuie
Kazama Shunsuke as Koichiro
Matsushige Yutaka as Hachisuka Masakatsu
Ukaji Takashi as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Obara Masato (小原雅人) as Maeda Toshiie
Takasugi Ko as Niwa Nagahide
Matsunaga Hiroshi as Sakuma Nobumori
Tanaka Yoji as Mori Yoshinari
Mine Rantaro (峰蘭太郎) as Sassa Narimasa
Inada Tatsuo (稲田龍雄) as Kawajiri Hidetaka
Nakamaru Shinsho as Imagawa Yoshimoto
Harada Ryuji as Oguri Chikara
Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Kuramae Ichiki
Kikuchi Kinya as Saotome Yutakago
Kondo Koen as Koreeda Bee
Kinkawa Yasuhiro (金替康博) as Madake Shinkura
Ebata Hiroki as Ujihara Motonaga
Uemura Kohei (上村光平) as Mori Ranmaru
Ikeda Narushi (池田成志) as Washio Gennai
Ayase Haruka as Shino
Azuma Mikihisa as Katsuragi
Kitaooji Kinya as Azai Nagamasa
Toda Keiko as Naka
Kohinata Fumiyo as Takenaka Shigeharu
Miyazawa Rie as Oshi
Nakai Kiichi as Matsushita Kahee
Daido Shooto (大同翔音) as Shoji Maru
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
Director: Suzuki Masayuki
Music: Sahashi Toshihiko
