Akō Rōshi (1964 TV series)
| Akō Rōshi | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Taiga drama |
| Written by | Genzō Murakami |
| Directed by | Makoto Ohara etc |
| Starring | Kazuo Hasegawa Shinsuke Ashida Chikage Awashima Takahiro Tamura Jukichi Uno Katsuo Nakamura Takashi Shimura Yoichi Hayashi Jun Tazaki Masakazu Tamura Kanjūrō Arashi Osamu Takizawa Isuzu Yamada |
| Narrated by | Saburō Takeuchi |
| Theme music composer | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| Opening theme | NHK Symphony Orchestra |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | January 5 – December 27, 1964 |
| Related | |
| Akō Rōshi (1961 film) | |
Akō Rōshi (赤穂浪士) is a 1964 Japanese television series. It is the 2nd NHK taiga drama.[1][2]
The viewership rating was well over 30%, and the episode where the raid was broadcast had a viewership rating of 53.0%. It also set the record for the highest viewership rating in the history of taiga dramas.[3] This record has not yet been broken as of 2021. The average audience rating for all episodes is 31.9%, making it the 4th of all-time (as of 2019).[4]
A scene from episode 7 and the full footage of episode 47 still remain today, the latter of which garnered the highest viewership rating.
Story
[edit]Akō Rōshi deals with the Edo period. Based on Jirō Osaragi's novels of the same title.[5]
It depicts the stories of the Forty-seven rōnin with Ōishi Kuranosuke as the main lead.[6][7][8]
Cast
[edit]- Kazuo Hasegawa as Ōishi Kuranosuke
- Shinsuke Ashida as Kobayashi Heihichi
- Chikage Awashima as Osen
- Takahiro Tamura as Takada Gunbei
- Masakazu Tamura
- Jukichi Uno
- Katsuo Nakamura as Ōishi Chikara
- Takashi Shimura as Onodera Junai
- Yoichi Hayashi as Hotta Yayato
- Kyoko Kishida as Aguri
- Kei Taguchi as Kayano Wasuke
- Kazuo Funaki as Yatō Emoshichi
- Takuya Fujioka as Ōishi Sezaemon
- Ichiro Sugai as Ono Kurobei
- Rokkō Toura as Takebayashi Takashige
- Masato Yamanouchi as Uesugi Tsunanori
- Morita Kan'ya XIV as Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
- Jun Tazaki
- Junzaburō Ban as Maruoka Bokuan
- Akira Kume as Wakizaka Awaji no Kami
- Fubuki Koshiji as Ukiyo daou
- Kō Nishimura as Aizawa Shinbei
- Ryūtarō Ōtomo as Horiuchi
- Kanjūrō Arashi as Hosokawa Echu no Kami
- Osamu Takizawa as Kira Kōzuke no suke
- Isuzu Yamada as Ōishi Riku
References
[edit]- ^ 日本放送協会 編 『NHK年鑑'64』 日本放送出版協会、1964年 P.144
- ^ 『NHK大河ドラマ大全:50作品徹底ガイド』 NHK出版、2011 P.85
- ^ NHK大河ドラマ大全:50作品徹底ガイド (in Japanese). NHK出版. 2011. p. 84.
- ^ "ビデオリサーチ NHK大河ドラマ 過去の視聴率データ". Video Research (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2006.
- ^ "連載「大河ドラマ誕生55周年の秘話」". DOT朝日. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "赤穂浪士". NHKアーカイブ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "赤穂浪士". ドラマ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ "赤穂浪士とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.