Details
Title: 平清盛
Title (romaji): Taira no Kiyomori
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Jidaigeki
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2012-Jan
Air time: Sunday 20:00
Synopsis
The 51st NHK Taiga drama recounts the life of Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), a general of the Heian period, who established the first samurai-based government in Japan.
Cast
Matsuyama Kenichi as Taira no Kiyomori
Samurai
Nakai Kiichi as Taira no Tadamori
Kohinata Fumiyo as Minamoto no Tameyoshi
Kiyomori's rivals
Tamaki Hiroshi as Minamoto no Yoshitomo
Matsuda Shota as Emperor Goshirakawa
Fujiki Naohito as Saigyo Hoshi / Sato Norikiyo
Taira clan
Nakamura Baijaku as Taira no Iesada
Kamikawa Takaya as Taira no Morikuni
Fujimoto Takahiro as Itou Tadakiyo
Daito Shunsuke as Taira no Iemori
Fukada Kyoko as Taira no Tokiko
Narumi Riko as Taira no Shigeko / Kenshunmon'in
Kato Ai as Takashina no Akiko
Wakui Emi as Fujiwara no Muneko
Morita Go as Taira no Tokitada
Toyohara Kosuke as Taira no Tadamasa
Nakamura Atsuo as Taira no Masamori
Fukiishi Kazue as Taira no Kiyomori's mother
Imperial clan
Mikami Hiroshi as Emperor Tobajo
ARATA as Emperor Sutokuten
Kuwashiro Takaaki as young Emperor Sutokuten
Dan Rei as Fujiwara no Tamako / Taikenmon'in
Ryo as Horikawa no Tsubone
Matsuyuki Yasuko as Fujiwara no Nariko / Bifukumon'in
Aristocrats
Kunimura Jun as Fujiwara no Tadazane
Yamamoto Koji as Fujiwara no Yorinaga
Abe Sadao as Fujiwara no Michinori / Shinzei
Genji clan women
Takei Emi as Lady Tokiwa
Tanaka Rena as Lady Yura
Others
Okada Masaki as Minamoto no Yoritomo
Anne as Hojo Masako
Kato Koji as Usagimaru
Ito Shiro as Emperor Shirakawa
Matsuda Seiko as Gion no Nyougo
Production Credits
Original Screenplay: Fujimoto Yuki
Director: Shibata Takeshi (柴田岳志)
Producer: Iso Tomoaki (磯智明)
Music: Yoshimatsu Takashi (吉松隆)
