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| Hana no Ran (NHK TV 1994) |
| Koji Yakusho as Ibuki Saburo Nobutsuna. He appears in this serial drama at the latter half of the story. |
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| Created on January 6, 2009 |
| Cast Mita Yoshiko: Hino Tomiko Matsu takako: Hino Tomiko (Girlhood) Ichikawa Danjuro: Ashikaga Yoshimasa Ichikawa Shin-nosuke: Ashikaga Yoshimasa (Boyhood) Ashikaga Yoshihisa: Matsuoka Masahiro Kyo Machiko: Hino Shigeko TairaYoshie: Hino Mitsuko Kusakari Masao: Hino Katsumoto Yorozuya Kin-nosuke: Yamana Sozen Nomura Mansai: Hosokawa Katsumoto Okuda Eiji: Ikkyu Soujun Dan Fumi: Shinjusha Yakusho Koji:Ibuki Saburo Nobutsuna Kuroda Yuki: Ibuki Saburo (Boyhood) Tsuruta Mayu: Odachi Sanko Katase Rino: Imamairino Tsubone |
| 37 episodes: April 3 - December 25, 1994 |
| SamuraiWiki: List of NHK Taiga Drama (1963 - 2008) |
| SamuraiWiki : Hino Tomiko (1440-1496) |
| Tomiko was the daughter of Hino Shigemasa, born in Yamashiro province. She became the wife of the 8th Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa at age 16 in 1455. She had her first child on the ninth day of the first month of 1459, however the child died the same day. Unlike her passive husband, who had very little interest in political affairs, Tomiko was savvy and manipulative, and placed the blame for the child's death on the wet-nurse, Imamairi no Tsubone, whom she exiled to Oki island on lake Biwa (Imamairi no Tsubone committed suicide on the way).
By the mid 1460's, Yoshimasa had decided that he didn't want to be bothered with the duties of office and decided to rescind his position of Shogun. However, as Tomiko had not born him a male heir, he convinced his younger brother, Ashikaga Yoshimi, to first assist him in office, and then gradually claim the title of Shogun. Tomiko was averse to this, but at the time had no leverage to contest the appointment, until a year later, when she gave birth to the future Ashikaga Yoshihisa. With her standing in the Hino family, and backed by Yamana Sozen, two factions developed in the capital, one faction supporting the newly appointed Shogun, Yoshimi, and the other supporting the succession of Yoshihisa. Thus, this desire of lady Tomiko to place her son in line for the succession [led] eventually to conflict in the land,[1] and the Onin War began. *************************************** Brief synopsis ************************************** Koji Yakusho's role is that of Ibuki Saburo Nobutsuna, who was brought up together with a girl named Tsubaki as if they were brother and sister in a small vilage called "Tsubaki (camelia) no Sho" near Kyoto. Saburo's father was a village chief and decided to bring up a baby found abandoned near his village by a travelling priest named Ikkyu Shojun (Okuda Eiji): the baby was named Tsubaki after the village name. This baby was abandoned by the local lord family, the Hinos, as the baby's mother, Hino Mitsuko (Taira Yoshie), gave birth to this baby girl as a result of being raped by a mysterious mountain man named Shutendoji (Matsumoto Koshiro). In due course the young girl Tsubaki was taken back to her real paretnts' home because her one-year-old younger sister Tomiko suddenly lost sight because of high fever when she was five. Traditionally the Hinos' daughter had been supposed to get married to the eldest son of the Ashikaga Shogunate. Tsubaki was now needed to replaceTomiko to get married to the future shogunate,Yoshimasa . (Since she had to disappear from the scene, poor blind Tomiko left home to be out of the way and went on a journey with the priest Ikkyu.) It was long afterTomiko (Mita Yoshiko) bacame Yoshimasa's wife that Saburo met Tsubaki again in his village:Tomiko suddenly felt nostalgic to her childhood days and visited Tsubaki no Sho... |
| Screenplay: Ichikawa Shinichi Music: Saegusa Nariaki Info on Hana no Ran DVD NHK Taiga drama Hana no Ran Complete Edition DVD Box 1 is due to be out on January 23, 2009 NHK Taiga drama Hana no Ran Complete Edition DVD Box 2 is due to be out on February 25, 2009 |
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| You tube: "Hana no Ran" - Opening Scene |