Katsu Kaishū (勝海舟) 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.
Contents
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