Apr 26, 2024 · Sanada Hiroyuki's Taiheiki Taiga drama in which he plays Ashikaga Takauji is excellent in particular since Taiheiki doesn't have many movie adaptions or that much popculture exposure (only exception is the Elusive Samurai manga).

Ashikaga Takauji, a rising warlord in the north of Japan, forms an alliance with Emperor Go-Daigo to overthrow the corrupt and decrepit Kamakura shogunate.

Jan 20, 2025 · Hiroyuki Sanada in Taiheiki 太平記 - 31-35話 as Ashikaga Takauji [1991] 【ENGSUB】Full Episode

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He is best known to international audiences for his roles as Ryuji Takayama in Ring (1998) where he played alongside Nanako Matsushima, who was also his co-star in a 1997 television drama A Story of Love.

My favorite performances of his are Ashikaga Takauji in the Taiheiki Taiga drama and Ishida Mitsunari in the Hideyoshi Taiga drama. I also like him in Shogun and in the Twilight Samurai …

Jul 13, 2023 · Thank you also to Mr. Sanada for the continued inspiration! This 1991 taiga drama by NHK is incredible. I still have a lot to learn about Japanese history, but I am spellbound by these shows....

Mar 28, 2024 · Shōgun star Sanada Hiroyuki took a support role in before playing the lead Ashikaga Takauji, the fourteenth-century founder of the Ashikaga shogunate, in the 1991 drama Taiheiki. This was based...

The protagonist Ashikaga Takauji is played by Hiroyuki Sanada. Watch now Already seen it? "Taiheiki" is the the 29 Taiga drama by NHK, broadcast from January 6 to December 8, 1991, 49 episodes in total. It centers on Ashikaga Takauji's rise to power, overthrowing the Kamakura shogunate and eventually establishing the Ashikaga shogunate.

Taiheiki: With Hiroyuki Sanada, Hidekazu Akai, Michiko Ameku, Yasuo Daichi.