This is the cast. Sadly no Rina Uchiyama. :puppydog:
Nakama Yukie as Yamauchi Chiyo
Kamikawa Takaya as Yamauchi Kazutoyo
Takeda Tetsuya as Gotou Kichibee
Maeda Gin as Sofue Shinemon
Sakuma Yoshiko as Houshuuni
Takigawa Yumi as Kinu
Tsugawa Masahiko as Fuwa Ichinojou
Emoto Akira as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Asano Yuko as One
Matsumoto Akiko as Asahi
Narimiya Hiroki as Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Tsutsui Michitaka as Takenaka Hanbee
Ishikura Saburo as Maeno Shouemon
Takayama Yoshihiro as Hachisuka Koroku
Arashi Hironari as Fukushima Masanori
Tachi Hiroshi as Oda Nobunaga
Daichi Mao as Oichi
Wakui Emi as Onou
Nagasaku Hiromi as Yodo
Katsuno Hiroshi as Shibata Katsuie
Kariya Shunsuke as Hayashi Michikatsu
Tawaragi Touta as Sakuma Nobumori
Nadaka Tatsuo as Niwa Nagahide
Nakamura Hashinosuke as Ishida Mitsunari
Enoki Takaaki as Asai Nagamasa
Asai Hisamasa - Yamamoto Kei
Emori Toru as Imagawa Yoshimoto
Bando Mitsugoro as Akechi Mitsuhide
Nishida Toshiyuki as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Namase Katsuhisa as Horio Yoshiharu
Mihara Jyunko as Ito
Tamura Atsushi as Nakamura Kazuuji
Otoha as Toshi
Nagasawa Masami as Korin
Tamaki Hiroshi as Yamauchi Yasutoyo
Hamada Manabu as Sofue Shinichirou
Kagawa Teruyuki as Mochiduki Roppeita
Hasegawa Kyoko as Hosokawa Gracia
Uno Tasuku as Ando Morinari
Terashima Saki as Tsuru
Mitani Koki
I got this info from the results of a Google search...
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Koumei_ga_Tsuji I think it was posted by Groink.
I just saw the interview of Yukie Nakama and Takaya Kamikawa on NHK regarding this taiga dorama. They showed some previews of this dorama and it looks great. I'm looking forward to watch this one :)
I think this is an important series for Yukie Nakama. In becoming arguably the most popular actress currently in dorama as well as being the most highly paid (I read that somewhere), she faces the challenge and the pressure of playing the lead in a Taiga drama. Does she have the acting chops to pull it off? Much of her success thus far, imo, is due to her extremely engaging personality and obvious good looks. Her popular roles, such as in the Trick and Gokusen series, have been more a demonstration of her immense likeability than of how good an actress she is. I liked watching her a lot in those series, but it seems to me she was playing more herself than a character. That's not a criticism of her acting skills; it's just that those roles catered to showcasing how cute, adorable, funny, and engaging she is. Playing the lead in a Taiga drama, however, is a whole different ballgame. I hope she is able to turn in a performance that shows she is indeed a good actress, not just a popular one. This situation reminds me of when Nanako Matsushima played the co-lead in Toshiie to Matsu. Like Nakama, she had achieved tremendous popularity because of her looks and personality, but her role as Matsu proved she was a good actress as well.
The previews on this look great. I saw some of the footage and although this may not be one of the most famous stories in Japan's History I think it will be fun to watch. :applaud:
It's weird. The guy who played Saru in Toshi to Matsu is running around NOT being Saru. Some of the characters seem to be well-enough defined in Japanese folklore so you can, for instance, guess who Oda Nobunaga. is... The guy in the fancy kimono who likes to lie on the floor... :)