Title: 白虎隊 （びゃっこたい）
Title (romaji): Byakkotai
Format: Tanpatsu, in two parts
Genre: Jidaigeki
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Version 1 (Not Yet)
Broadcast period: 1986-Dec-30 and 1986-Dec-31
Version 2
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-06 and 2007-Jan-07
Air time: 21:00
Synopsis
"Byakkotai" seems to be a story by which the content of the drama visits Byakkotai Memorial Hall by a modern young person who is the descendant of a Byakkotai samurai, and traces the history of the tragedy of the Byakkotai in the force organized by about 340 boys of 16 years old and 17 years old at Boshin War (Aizu war). Yamashita performs two roles (a Byakkotai samurai in the old days and the descendant, Shintaro Sakai).
While Shintaro spends his time like any other rebellious young man that bullies his parents and disrespects his neighbors, he is in for quiet a surprise when his Grandmother shows up out of the blue and yanks him up by the ear. Refusing to put up with her for three days, he along with his best friend Yusuke escape to the one place she'd never look for them. Her home town. While there, the two accidentally end up at the Byakkotai Memorial grounds... and as they wander around killing time... they learn a few things about their ancestors that unexpectedly leave them in a very quite and reflective mood.
Cast
Byakkotai Samurai
Yamashita Tomohisa as Sakai Mineji and Sakai Shintaro
Tanaka Koki as Shinoda Gisaburo and Shinoda Yusuke
Fujigaya Taisuke as Ito Matahachi
Saito Shota as Tsuda Sutezo
Tomita Sho as Nishikawa Katsutaro
Sakimoto Hiromi as Iinuma Sadakichi
Hashizume Ryo as Ishida Wasuke
Kouno Hiroki as Shintaro Ikegami
Yakushimaru Hiroko as Sakai Shige (Mineji's mother)
Nogiwa Yoko as Sakai Mon (Mineji's grandmother)
Takashima Masanobu as Sakai Yasuemon (Mineji's father)
Ito Shiro as Sakai Mineo (Shintaro's grandfather)
Kuroki Meisa as Asai Sayoko
Ito Kazue as Asai Sumie (Sayoko's mother)
Matsushige Yutaka as Yamamoto Kakuma
Masu Takeshi as Sugiyama Eitaro
Kikawada Masaya as Sakai Takie (Mineji's brother)
Tsutsui Mariko as Tsuda Suguko (Tsuda Sutezo's mother)
Nakagoshi Noriko as Yamamoto Yaeko
Wakamura Mayumi as Shinoda Shinko (Gisaburo's mother)
Higashiyama Noriyuki as Matsudaira Katamori
