Taikōki (太閤記) is a 1965 Japanese television series. It is the 3rd NHK taiga drama.[1][2]

Taikōki
GenreTaiga drama
Written bySōsuke Mogi
Directed byEi Okazaki etc
Starring
Narrated byJunnosuke Hiramitsu
Theme music composerYoshirō Irino
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 3 (1965-01-03) –
December 26, 1965 (1965-12-26)
Related
Minamoto no Yoshitsune

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Taikōki deals with the Sengoku period. Based on Eiji Yoshikawa's novels "Shinsho Taikōki".[3][4] Now only episode 42 exists, which depicted the Honnō-ji Incident.[1]

The story chronicles the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi from childhood to ruler of Japan.[5][6]

NHK originally scheduled the Honnō-ji Incident for the 32nd episode to be aired on August 8th, but due to the popularity of Kōji Takahashi's portrayal as Oda Nobunaga, they received letters from audience viewers asking them to "please don't kill Nobunaga". In response, the producers delayed the episode for two months, airing it on October 17th as the drama's 42nd episode. Furthermore, Nobunaga continued to appear in flashback scenes.

The average viewership across all episodes came to 31.2%, with the peak reaching 39.7% on October 17th with the 42nd episode.[7]

Production

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Cast

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Toyotomi clan

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Hideyoshi's vassals

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Oda clan

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Nobunaga's vassals

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Tokugawa clan

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Takeda clan

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Uesugi clan

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Azai clan

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Mōri clan

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Ashikaga clan

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Others

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References

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  1. ^ a b "名作劇場 太閤記". NHK. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  2. ^ 日本放送協会(編) 20世紀放送史 上 日本放送出版協会 2001 P.496
  3. ^ "大河ドラマ 太閤記". DDB. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "「太閤記」ねね役の藤村志保が語る、主役を食った信長役、高橋幸治の度胸". AERA. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  5. ^ "太閤記". NHKスクエア. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  6. ^ "太閤記とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ "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.