Complete (J-Drama) Taira no Kiyomori

Complete (J-Drama) Taira no Kiyomori

Title: 平清盛

Title (romaji): Taira no Kiyomori

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Jidaigeki

Episodes: 50

Broadcast network: NHK

Broadcast period: 2012, January 08 to 2012, December 23

Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

NHK's 2012 historical drama is titled "Taira no Kiyomori" after the 12th century general & politician of the same name. Taira no Kiyomori (1118–1181) was born as the first son of Taira no Tadamori (head of the Taira clan).

During his youth, Kiyomori help clear the sea of pirates in the area of Seto and then helped break down the noble system to build up a samurai-dominated period.

Through the Hogen Rebellion (July 28-August 16, 1156), Taira no Kiyomori gained the trust of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. He then used this trust to eventually attain the position of Daijō Daijin (chief minister of the government).

Cast

Matsuyama Kenichi as Taira no Kiyomori

Kiyomori's rivals

Tamaki Hiroshi as Minamoto no Yoshitomo

Matsuda Shota as Emperor Goshirakawa

Fujiki Naohito as Saigyo Hoshi / Sato Norikiyo

Taira clan

Nakai Kiichi as Taira no Tadamori

Nakamura Atsuo as Taira no Masamori

Toyohara Kosuke as Taira no Tadamasa

Nakamura Baijaku as Taira no Iesada

Fujimoto Takahiro as Itou Tadakiyo

Kamikawa Takaya as Taira no Morikuni

Morita Go as Taira no Tokitada

Daito Shunsuke as Taira no Iemori

Suruga Taro as Taira no Tsunemori

Suzunosuke as Taira no Norimori

Nishijima Takahiro as Taira no Yorimori

Muro Tsuyoshi as Taira no Tadanori

Kubota Masataka as Taira no Shigemori

Watabe Gota as Taira no Motomori

Ishiguro Hideo as Taira no Munemori

Koyanagi Yu as Taira no Tomomori

Tsujimoto Yuki as Taira no Shigehira

Taira clan women

Wakui Emi as Fujiwara no Muneko

Kato Ai as Takashina no Akiko

Fukada Kyoko as Taira no Tokiko

Takahashi Ai as Fujiwara no Tsuneko

Nikaido Fumi (二階堂ふみ) as Taira no Tokuko

Kondo Risa as Taira no Moriko

Imperial clan

Mikami Hiroshi as Emperor Toba

ARATA as Emperor Sutokuten

Kuwashiro Takaaki as young Emperor Sutokuten

Ito Shiro as Emperor Shirakawa

Matsuda Seiko as Gion no Nyougo

Dan Rei as Fujiwara no Tamako / Taikenmon'in

Ryo as Horikawa no Tsubone

Matsuyuki Yasuko as Fujiwara no Nariko / Bifukumon'in

Aihara Mika (愛原実花) as Princess Muneko

Narumi Riko as Taira no Shigeko / Kenshunmon'in

Tomiura Satoshi as Emperor Nijo

Chiba Yudai as Emperor Takakura

Sato Hitomi as Princess Akiko

Aristocrats

Kunimura Jun as Fujiwara no Tadazane

Yamamoto Koji as Fujiwara no Yorinaga

Abe Sadao as Fujiwara no Michinori / Shinzei

Yoshizawa Hisashi as Fujiwara no Narichika

Horibe Keisuke as Fujiwara no Tadamichi

Hosokawa Shigeki as Fujiwara no Motofusa

Murasugi Seminosuke as Fujiwara no Motozane

Aijima Kazuyuki as Fujiwara no Kanezane

Tsukaji Muga as Fujiwara no Nobuyori

Kato Toranosuke as Saitou

Sato Jiro as Fujiwara no Ienari

Watanabe Tetsu as Fujiwara no Ieyasu

Okamoto Nobuto as Fujiwara no Kunitsuna

Minamoto clan

Kohinata Fumiyo as Minamoto no Tameyoshi

Takei Emi as Lady Tokiwa

Tanaka Rena as Lady Yura

Okada Masaki as Minamoto no Yoritomo

Nakagawa Taishi as Minamoto no Yoritomo (as a boy)

Kamiki Ryunosuke as Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Others

Fukiishi Kazue as Maiko

Kato Koji as Usagimaru

Hiiragi Rumi as Touri

Anne as Hojo Masako

Endo Kenichi as Hojo Tokimasa

Tsukamoto Takashi as Toukurou

Fukuda Saki as Yaehime

Kyomoto Masaki as Fujiwara no Hidehira