Gunshi Kanbei

Gunshi Kanbei (軍師官兵衛, Gunshi Kanbee) is the 53rd NHK Taiga drama. Broadcast of the series began on January 5, 2014.^[1] It features Junichi Okada as the main character and depicts the life of Kanbei, a retainer of Kodera Masamoto, daimyo of Harima Province, and a strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Story

The drama tells the story of Kuroda Kanbei, a son of Kuroda Mototaka, chief retainer of Kodera Masamoto who ruled Harima Province (currently Hyōgo Prefecture) in the 16th century. In troubled times, Kanbei persuades Kodera to join forces with the all-powerful Oda Nobunaga. Though imprisoned by Araki Murashige and lamed for life, Kanbei endures hardships and later becomes a strategist for Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His son Kuroda Nagamasa serves Tokugawa Ieyasu after the death of Toyotomi.

Staff

• Screenwriter : Yoichi Maekawa
• Music : Yugo Kanno
• Titling : Shoshu
• Narrator : Shiho Fujimura→Shuko Hirose
• Historical research : Tetsuo Owada
• Architectural research : Kiyoshi Hirai
• Clothing research : Kiyoko Koizumi
• Production coordinator : Takashi Nakamura
• Director : Kenji Tanaka, Kazuhiro Motoki
• Performed by Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
• Theme performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra

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Cast

Banner of "Gunshi Kanbei" in Himeji

Kuroda family

• Kuroda Kanbei: Junichi Okada
• Teru: Miki Nakatani
• Kuroda Nagamasa: Tori Matsuzaka
• Kuroda Mototaka: Kyohei Shibata
• Kuroda Kyumu: Daisuke Ryu
• Kuroda Shigetaka: Raita Ryu
• Kuriyama Zensuke: Gaku Hamada
• Mori Tahei: Mokomichi Hayami
• Inoue Kuroemon: Issei Takahashi
• Gotō Mototsugu: Takashi Tsukamoto
• Mori Kohei: Sansei Shiomi
• Mori Buhei: Masaru Nagai
• Ito: Mitsuki Takahata
• Omichi: Rila Fukushima
• Eihime: Miyu Yoshimoto

Ibuki

• Ibuki Zenemon: Isao Bito
• Tatsu: Nao Minamisawa

Kodera Clan

• Kodera Masamoto: Tsurutaro Kataoka
• Kon: Saki Takaoka
• Kushihashi Sakyonosuke: Toru Masuoka
• Kushihashi Sayonoshin: Nobuaki Kaneko
• Ogō Yoshitoshi: Tsutomu Isobe

Oda Clan

• Oda Nobunaga: Yosuke Eguchi
• No: Yuki Uchida
• Akechi Mitsuhide: Shunputei Koasa
• Niwa Nagahide: Hiroshi Katsuno
• Shibata Katsuie: Yoshimasa Kondo
• Tsuchida Gozen: Naoko Otani
• Yasuke: Bernard Ackah

Toyotomi Clan

• Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Naoto Takenaka
• One: Hitomi Kuroki
• Takenaka Hanbei: Shosuke Tanihara
• Hachisuka Koroku: Pierre Taki
• Ishida Mitsunari: Kei Tanaka
• Cha-cha: Fumi Nikaidō
• Fukushima Masanori: Hideo Ishiguro
• Katō Kiyomasa: Shinnosuke Abe
• Toyotomi Hidetsugu: Akiyoshi Nakao
• Konishi Yukinaga: Shugo Oshinari
• Magdalena: Mako Ishino
• Sassa Narimasa: Ryōsuke Ōtani
• Ukita Hideie: Kouhei Takeda
• Kobayakawa Hideaki: Yōsuke Asari
• Ōtani Yoshitsugu: Shingo Murakami
• Ōno Harunaga: Yasuhito Shimao

Tokugawa Clan

• Tokugawa Ieyasu: Akira Terao
• Ii Naomasa: Mikihisa Azuma
• Honda Tadakatsu: Masayuki Shionoya
• Sakakibara Yasumasa: Ikuji Nakamura

Mōri Clan

• Mōri Terumoto: Kota Miura
• Kobayakawa Takakage: Shingo Tsurumi
• Kikkawa Motoharu: Kazutoyo Yoshimi
• Ankokuji Ekei: Kazuhiro Yamaji
• Ukita Naoie: Takanori Jinnai
• Shimizu Muneharu: Takashi Ukaji
• Kikkawa Motonaga: Masayuki Deai

Others

• Araki Murashige: Tetsushi Tanaka
• Dashi: Mirei Kiritani
• Ashikaga Yoshiaki: Mitsuru Fukikoshi^[2]
• Sen no Rikyū: Masatō Ibu
• Takayama Ukon: Toma Ikuta
• Maeda Toshiie: Tadashi Yokouchi
• Yoshida Kanemi: Masami Horiuchi
• Otsuru: Yui Ichikawa
• Ōtomo Sōrin: Tsunehiko Kamijō
• Utsunomiya Shigefusa: Takehiro Murata
• Hōjō Ujimasa: Goro Ibuki
• Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino: Bob Werley

Books

• NHK Taiga drama story Gunshi Kanbei vol.1 ISBN 978-4-14-923345-1 (Official guide)
• Yoichi Maekawa and Kuniko Aoki, "Taiga drama Gunshi Kanbei", Tokyo, NHK Publishing Co., Ltd., 2014 (novelisation)

References

External links

• Official NHK Taiga Drama Gunshi Kanbei