Genroku Ryoran (1999)

The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.

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松平健

Irobe Matashiro

宮沢りえ

Aguri

篠原涼子

Sadako

阿部寛

Horibe Yasubei

石坂浩二

Kira Yoshinaka

東山紀之

Asano Naganori

村上弘明

Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu / Yasuakira

萩原健一

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi