is a 1974 Japanese television series. It is the 12th NHK taiga drama. Tetsuya Watari was forced to step down from the role of Katsu Kaishū because of his illness so he appeared in only the first 9 episodes.
The average viewing rating was 24.2%, with the highest peaking at 30.9%. Only episodes 6, 7, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 44 have been discovered to still exist.
Story Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū ".
The story chronicles the life of Katsu Kaishū.
Cast
Tetsuya Watari (ep.1-9) / Hiroki Matsukata (ep.10-) as Katsu Kaishū Onoe Shoroku II : Katsu Kokichi Reiko Ohara Yoshiko Kuga : Katsu Nobu Mitsuko Oka : Katsu Tami Akiko Nishina : Ito Naoko Otani : Jun Rokkō Toura as Takano Chōei Hiroshi Fujioka as Sakamoto Ryōma Renji Ishibashi : Yoshida Shōin Tōru Emori : Sugi Joe Shishido as Yamaoka Tesshū Masahiko Tsugawa as Tokugawa Yoshinobu Katsumasa Uchida : Imuda Shōhei Asao Sano as Tetsugoro Takeo Chii : Iwajiro Yoshiko Kayama : Fude Hideko Yoshida : Oshino Etsuko Ichihara : Otose Daisuke Katō : Shinmon Tatsugoro Daijiro Harada : Chiba Jyutaro Tadashi Yokouchi : Hirosawa Toru Abe : Itakura Katsukiyo Shōgo Shimada : old guy Kōji Nanbara : Mitsukuri Genpo Akira Yamauchi : Kozone Kendō Yoshio Tsuchiya : Kimurazusho Yoshitake Takao Itō : Takechi Hanpeita Hisashi Igawa : Matsumoto Ryojun Tatsuya Fuji as Hijikata Toshizō Tsunehiko Watase as Tanaka Shinbei Kenichi Hagiwara as Okada Izō Keiju Kobayashi : Okubo Tadahiro Noboru Nakaya
References
External links Taiga drama Katsu Kaishū NHK