Takeda Shingen (TV series)

Takeda Shingen
Written bySeiken Tamukai
Directed byAkihiko Shigemitsu and others
StarringKiichi Nakai
Kyōhei Shibata
Misako Konno
Mao Daichi
Yoko Minamino
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Ryo Ishibashi
Hiroaki Murakami
Isao Hashizume
Yumi Asō
Kimiko Ikegami
Ryōsuke Miki
Kōjirō Hongō
Nakamura Hashinosuke
Jun Hamamura
Saburō Shinoda
Kyōko Kishida
Nakamura Kankurō V
Kiyoshi Kodama
Joe Shishido
Ken Utsui
Kei Satō
Bunta Sugawara
Mikijirō Hira
Mayumi Ogawa
Toshiyuki Nishida
Ryōtarō Sugi
Narrated byAyako Wakao
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
ComposerNaozumi Yamamoto
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes50
Production
Executive producerKei Murakami
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 10 (1988-01-10) –
December 18, 1988 (1988-12-18)

Takeda Shingen (武田信玄) is a 1988 Japanese historical television series. It is the 26th NHK Taiga drama. It is based on the novels by Jirō Nitta of the same title. It had the average viewing rating of 39.7%, with its peak reaching 47.8%.[1] It had the second highest average viewership rating in its history with only a 0.5% difference to the previous year's Taiga drama One-Eyed Dragon Masamune.

Plot

The series focuses on the life of Takeda Shingen during the Sengoku period.[2] The narrator is Takeda Shingen's mother, Ōi-no-kata, who tells the story to the audience. Even when she dies mid-way through the main story, it is her spirit who continues to narrate the events and watch over her son until the very end. It covers from when Shingen exiled his father to his funeral three years after his death.

Production

Cast

Takeda clan

"Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen"

Uesugi clan

Imagawa clan

Later Hōjō clan

Oda clan

Tokugawa clan

Suwa clan

Murakami clan

Others

TV schedule

Episode Original airdate Title Directed by Rating
1 January 10, 1988 (1988-01-10) "Chichi to Ko" (父と子) Akihiko Shigemitsu 42.5%
2 January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17) "Ketsui no Toki" (決意の時) Minoru Fuse 47.3%
3 January 24, 1988 (1988-01-24) "Wakare" (別れ) Seiji Ōmori 48.6%
4 January 31, 1988 (1988-01-31) "Unmei no Deai" (運命の出会い) Akihiko Shigemitsu 48.1%
5 February 7, 1988 (1988-02-07) "Kosui Densetsu" (湖水伝説) Minoru Fuse 45.0%
6 February 14, 1988 (1988-02-14) "Suwa-zeme" (諏訪攻め) Seiji Ōmori 49.2%
7 February 21, 1988 (1988-02-21) "Fūrin Kazan" (風林火山) Akihiko Shigemitsu 46.6%
8 February 28, 1988 (1988-02-28) "Koi-hime" (湖衣姫) Minoru Fuse 48.6%
9 March 6, 1988 (1988-03-06) "Onna no Ikusa" (女のいくさ) Seiji Ōmori 46.5%
10 March 13, 1988 (1988-03-13) "Kuni-zukuri" (国造り) Shigeki Akiyama 46.9%
11 March 20, 1988 (1988-03-20) "Echigo no Tora" (越後の虎) Akihiko Shigemitsu 43.9%
12 March 27, 1988 (1988-03-27) "Umi no Hōjō" (海の北条) Minoru Fuse 45.6%
13 April 3, 1988 (1988-04-03) "Kawanakajima eno Michi" (川中島への道) Seiji Ōmori 36.5%
14 April 10, 1988 (1988-04-10) "Owari no Itanji" (尾張の異端児) Akihiko Shigemitsu 44.0%
15 April 17, 1988 (1988-04-17) "Haha to Ko" (母と子) Minoru Fuse 43.4%
16 April 24, 1988 (1988-04-24) "Shinano Seifuku" (信濃征服) Seiji Ōmori 40.2%
17 May 1, 1988 (1988-05-01) "Tora tono Deai" (虎との出会い) Akihiko Shigemitsu 39.3%
18 May 8, 1988 (1988-05-08) "Saraba Koi-hime" (さらば湖衣姫) Hisashi Ichii 39.1%
19 May 15, 1988 (1988-05-15) "Sangoku Dōmei" (三国同盟) Minoru Fuse 42.8%
20 May 22, 1988 (1988-05-22) "Nihyaku-nichi no Taijin" (二百日の対陣) Seiji Ōmori 37.4%
21 May 29, 1988 (1988-05-29) "Kagetora Shissō" (景虎失跡) Akihiko Shigemitsu 36.8%
22 June 5, 1988 (1988-06-05) "Kanpū Hatsumei" (奸風発迷) Shigeki Akiyama 35.5%
23 June 12, 1988 (1988-06-12) "Nobutora Henshin" (信虎変身) Minoru Fuse 34.1%
24 June 19, 1988 (1988-06-19) "Yoshimoto Uchijini" (義元討死) Akihiko Shigemitsu 35.3%
25 June 26, 1988 (1988-06-26) "Higeki no Hottan" (悲劇の発端) Hisashi Ichii 37.1%
26 July 3, 1988 (1988-07-03) "Ujiyasu to Kagetora" (氏康と景虎) Seiji Ōmori 33.7%
27 July 10, 1988 (1988-07-10) "Kawanakajima Kessen (1)" (川中島血戦（一）) Akihiko Shigemitsu 36.4%
28 July 17, 1988 (1988-07-17) "Kawanakajima Kessen (2)" (川中島血戦（二）) 37.7%
29 July 24, 1988 (1988-07-24) "Shōri to Haiboku" (勝利と敗北) Minoru Fuse 34.7%
30 July 31, 1988 (1988-07-31) "Yoshinobu Jiken (1)" (義信事件（一）) Seiji Ōmori 31.5%
31 August 7, 1988 (1988-08-07) "Yoshinobu Jiken (2)" (義信事件（二）) Minoru Fuse 33.7%
32 August 14, 1988 (1988-08-14) "Waga-ko Yūhei" (わが子幽閉) Akihiko Shigemitsu 31.8%
33 August 21, 1988 (1988-08-21) "Oni-mino no Shi" (鬼美濃の死) Shigeki Akiyama 36.3%
34 August 28, 1988 (1988-08-28) "Jōshū-zeme" (上州攻め) Seiji Ōmori 35.0%
35 September 4, 1988 (1988-09-04) "Meiyaku Hōkai" (盟約崩壊) Akihiko Shigemitsu 38.0%
36 September 11, 1988 (1988-09-11) "Nobunaga Jōraku" (信長上洛) Minoru Fuse 37.4%
37 September 18, 1988 (1988-09-18) "Suruga-zeme" (駿河攻め) Kōji Yoshikawa 34.1%
38 September 25, 1988 (1988-09-25) "Odawara-zeme" (小田原攻め) Seiji Ōmori 39.3%
39 October 2, 1988 (1988-10-02) "Kyō no Yume" (京の夢) Akihiko Shigemitsu 36.8%
40 October 9, 1988 (1988-10-09) "Kurayami no Oni" (暗闇の鬼) Hisashi Ichii 29.5%
41 October 16, 1988 (1988-10-16) "Tsukiyo no Kagami" (月夜の鏡) Seiji Ōmori 36.4%
42 October 23, 1988 (1988-10-23) "Nijū no Shi" (二重の死) Akihiko Shigemitsu 41.9%
43 October 30, 1988 (1988-10-30) "Hassen-nen no Haru" (八千年の春) Fumitaka Tamura 37.7%
44 November 6, 1988 (1988-11-06) "Ujiyasu no Banka" (氏康の挽歌) Seiji Ōmori 34.5%
45 November 13, 1988 (1988-11-13) "Kyō eno Michi" (京への道) Hisashi Ichii 36.9%
46 November 20, 1988 (1988-11-20) "Saigo no Shutsujin" (最後の出陣) Seiji Ōmori 35.3%
47 November 27, 1988 (1988-11-27) "Mikatagahara no Tatakai" (三方ヶ原の戦い) Akihiko Shigemitsu 38.1%
48 December 4, 1988 (1988-12-04) "Shingen Taoreru" (信玄倒れる) Teru Tajima 37.8%
49 December 11, 1988 (1988-12-11) "Maboroshi no Miyako" (幻の都) Akihiko Shigemitsu 38.1%
50 December 18, 1988 (1988-12-18) "Kamigami no Tasogare" (神々のたそがれ) 37.1%
Average rating 39.2% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).[3]

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "武田信玄とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ "過去の視聴率データ NHK大河ドラマ". Video Research Ltd.


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