Yoshitsune (2005)
Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa.
Yoshitsune: Season 1 - 49 Episode s
1x1 - Child of Destiny
January 9, 2005
1x2 - My Father Kiyomori
January 16, 2005
1x3 - A Son of the Genji
January 23, 2005
1x4 - Episode 4
January 30, 2005
1x5 - The O-hashi Bridge in Gojo
February 6, 2005
1x6 - My Older Brother Yorimoto
February 13, 2005
1x7 - The Dream Capital
February 20, 2005
1x8 - Parting
February 27, 2005
1x9 - Yoshitsune's Beginning
March 6, 2005
1x10 - Father's Shadow
March 13, 2005
1x11 - The Eve of the Storm
March 20, 2005
1x12 - The Arrogant Heike
March 27, 2005
1x13 - The Rise of the Genji
April 3, 2005
1x14 - Farewell to Oshu
October 4, 2005
1x15 - Brothers
April 17, 2005
1x16 - A Test of Time
April 24, 2005
1x17 - Benkei's Weakness
May 1, 2005
1x18 - Kiyomori's Death
May 8, 2005
1x19 - Words to My Brother
May 15, 2005
1x20 - Yorimoto's Hostage
May 22, 2005
1x21 - Ready For Battle
May 29, 2005
1x22 - The Fateful Trip to Kyoto
June 5, 2005
1x23 - Kuro and Yoshinaka
June 12, 2005
1x24 - War-torn Kyoto
June 19, 2005
1x25 - Yoshinaka's Death
June 26, 2005
1x26 - A Path of Bloodshed
July 3, 2005
1x27 - Miracle at Ichinotani
July 10, 2005
1x28 - The Cold-Hearted Yorimoto
July 17, 2005
1x29 - Mother's Will
July 24, 2005
1x30 - The Hands of Evil
July 31, 2005
1x31 - Fly Over to Yashima
August 7, 2005
1x32 - The Battle at Yashima
August 14, 2005
1x33 - Run, Benkei!
August 21, 2005
1x34 - A Secret Letter to Yoshiko
August 28, 2005
1x35 - The Final Battle at Dannoura
September 4, 2005
1x36 - Uncertainty
September 11, 2005
1x37 - The Heike's Final Secret
September 18, 2005
1x38 - Distant Kamakura
September 25, 2005
1x39 - The Koshigoe-Jo Letter
October 2, 2005
1x40 - Tears of Blood
October 9, 2005
1x41 - Severed Brotherly Ties
October 16, 2005
1x42 - The Kamakura Conspiracy
October 23, 2005
1x43 - Night Attack at Horikawa
October 30, 2005
1x44 - Farewell Shizuka
November 6, 2005
1x45 - Land of Dreams
November 13, 2005
1x46 - Oh, Shizuka
November 20, 2005
1x47 - The Ataka Barrier
November 27, 2005
1x48 - The Death of a Titan
December 11, 2005
1x49 - To a New Country
December 18, 2005
Yoshitsune: 1 Season
Actors in Yoshitsune
Hideaki Takizawa
Minamoto no Yoshi-tsune
Mari Natsuki
Tango no Tsubone (Emperor's concubine)
Akira Nakao
Kajiwara Kagetoki
Izumi Inamori
Tokiwa Gozen (Yoshitsune's Mother)
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Ise no Saburou (Yoshitsune's vassal)
Shun Oguri
Kagesue Kajiwara
Hiroshi Abe
Taira no Tomomori (Kiyomori's 4th son)
Masaya Katô
Minamoto no Yoshitomo (Yoshitsune and Yoritomo's father)
Maki Goto
Yoshiko
Tetsuro Tamba
Minamoto no Yorimasa (Gen-ji)
Akihiro Miwa
KI-ichi Hougen (Yoshitune's tutor)
Ren Osugi
Minamoto no Yuki-ie
Kiichi Nakai
Kamakura's first Sho-Gun
Yui Natsukawa
Akiko (Tomomori's wife)
Keiko Matsuzaka
Taira no Tokiko (Kiyomori's wife)
Naomi Zaizen
Houjou Masako (Yoritomo's wife)
Tsubasa Imai
Nasu no Yoichi
Satomi Ishihara
Shizuka-Gozen
Ken Matsudaira
Benkei
Eiko Koike
Tomoe-gozen (Yoshinaka's concubine)
Shigeki Hosokawa
Taira no Shigehira (Kiyomori's 5th son)
Tetsuya Watari
Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi)
Aya Ueto
Utsubo
Mikijiro Hira
Goshirakawa Emperor
Yoshizumi Ishihara
Minamoto no Noriyori
Hideki Takahashi
Fujiwara no Hidehira (Master of Mutsu Land)
Kotaro Koizumi
Taira no Sukemori
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Young Minamoto no Yoshi-tsune
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