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unusual facts about Taiga Drama


Yō Takeyama

Takeyama was in charge of the writing of the yearly NHK Taiga dramas Hideyoshi (1996) and Toshiie to Matsu (2002).


Akira Senju

Composition credits include Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Yomigaeri, Fūrin Kazan (Taiga drama), Nada Sōsō (film), Rampo (film), Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, the 2012 revival of Iron Chef and the soundtrack of Red Garden.

Kōji Takahashi

The subsequent major roles include Oda Nobunaga in the 3rd NHK Taiga Drama Taikōki in 1965, as Lieutenant Hayami in the NHK Morning Drama Series Ohanahan in 1966.

Teruhiko Saigō

Among them are Mōri Hiromoto (in Mōri Motonari, 1997), Sanada Yukimura (Aoi Tokugawa Sandai, 2000), and Honda Masanobu (NHK's Taiga drama Musashi, 2003) in addition to Katakura Kagetsuna.

As an actor, he has portrayed people as varied as 20th century Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (in the 1983 film Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō) and 16th century samurai Katakura Kagetsuna (in the 1987 NHK Taiga drama Dokuganryū Masamune).


see also

Gō Wakabayashi

Returning to NHK, he portrayed Saitō Yoshitatsu in the 1973 taiga drama Kunitori Monogatari. He has also appeared as Sanada Yukimura in Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), and as the same warrior in Dokuganryū Masamune (1987).