Yoshitsune

義経

  • Winter 2005
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NetworkNHK
Broadcast9 Jan 2005
Episodes—
Viewership—
Fan score 9.2 from 9 reviews

Synopsis

The historical drama for 2005 is a life story of Minamotono Yoshitsune, popular historical figure in Japan who is known to have been an excellent battle commander in the very end of the Heian period. Yoshitsune, a member of the Genji clan, contributed greatly to the clan's victory over their rival Heike clan and to establishment of his brother's first shogunate in history. Based on a novel by Tomiko Miyao, the drama portrays the life of the gsuper heroh focusing on the rivalry and sympathy between Yoshitsune and Tairano Kiyomori, the head of the Heike clan.

Synopsis: NHK

Cast & characters 68 credited

Soundtrack

Yoshitsune soundtrack cover

Fan reviews 10 reviews

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7 / 10

ester_grace · 2010

Good taiga dorama, takizawa was extremely good.

Thank you to NHK

9 / 10

MonsterZero65 · 2010

NHK always puts together a first rate cast for their Taiga drama's and Yoshitsune was no exception. The story is famous and it was shot beautifully. It was not my favorite taiga but it was very good. I recently watched it again and it grew on me a little more.

Yoshitsune

8 / 10

MonsterZero-65 · 2006

Very enjoyable cast especially the supporting cast I felt Tetsuya Watari really brought to life Tairano Kiyomori for example. (I took a trip over to Miyajima just to see the Kiyomori shine.) Yoshitsune is a very famous person and this was an interesting different perspective on his life and death. Elements of the later really contradict a lot of what I have read in history books but it was interesting. With that said I felt a little let down with the overall pace of the show. It felt like it dragged in parts and introduced a lot of people that added nothing to the story line and then it abandoned them without follow-up they just sort of go away. If I had not seen other Taiga drama's that are better I would have given this a higher rating but I know NHK can do better.

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