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Taira no Kiyomori | |
Network | NHK |
Number of episodes: | 50 |
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Original airing: | January 8, 2012 - December 23, 2012 |
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Genre: | Taiga, Judaigeki |
Taira no Kiyomori (平清盛?) is the 51st NHK Taiga drama which recounts the life of Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), a general of the Heian period, who established the first samurai-based government in Japan.
Cast[]

Character relationship chart
- Matsuyama Kenichi as Taira no Kiyomori
- Kiyomori's rivals
- Tamaki Hiroshi as Minamoto no Yoshitomo
- Matsuda Shota as Emperor Goshirakawa
- Fujiki Naohito as Saigyo Hoshi / Sato Norikiyo
- Taira clan
- Nakai Kiichi as Taira no Tadamori
- Nakamura Atsuo as Taira no Masamori
- Toyohara Kosuke as Taira no Tadamasa
- Nakamura Baijaku as Taira no Iesada
- Fujimoto Takahiro as Itou Tadakiyo
- Kamikawa Takaya as Taira no Morikuni
- Morita Go as Taira no Tokitada
- Daito Shunsuke as Taira no Iemori
- Suruga Taro as Taira no Tsunemori
- Suzunosuke as Taira no Norimori
- Nishijima Takahiro as Taira no Yorimori
- Muro Tsuyoshi as Taira no Tadanori
- Kubota Masataka as Taira no Shigemori
- Watabe Gota as Taira no Motomori
- Ishiguro Hideo as Taira no Munemori
- Koyanagi Yu as Taira no Tomomori
- Tsujimoto Yuki as Taira no Shigehira
- Taira clan women
- Wakui Emi as Fujiwara no Muneko
- Kato Ai as Takashina no Akiko
- Fukada Kyoko as Taira no Tokiko
- Takahashi Ai as Fujiwara no Tsuneko
- Nikaido Fumi (二階堂ふみ) as Taira no Tokuko
- Kondo Risa as Taira no Moriko
- Imperial clan
- Mikami Hiroshi as Emperor Toba
- ARATA as Emperor Sutokuten
- Kuwashiro Takaaki as young Emperor Sutokuten
- Ito Shiro as Emperor Shirakawa
- Matsuda Seiko as Gion no Nyougo
- Dan Rei as Fujiwara no Tamako / Taikenmon'in
- Ryo as Horikawa no Tsubone
- Matsuyuki Yasuko as Fujiwara no Nariko / Bifukumon'in
- Aihara Mika (愛原実花) as Princess Muneko
- Narumi Riko as Taira no Shigeko / Kenshunmon'in
- Tomiura Satoshi as Emperor Nijo
- Chiba Yudai as Emperor Takakura
- Sato Hitomi as Princess Akiko
- Aristocrats
- Kunimura Jun as Fujiwara no Tadazane
- Yamamoto Koji as Fujiwara no Yorinaga
- Abe Sadao as Fujiwara no Michinori / Shinzei
- Yoshizawa Hisashi as Fujiwara no Narichika
- Horibe Keisuke as Fujiwara no Tadamichi
- Hosokawa Shigeki as Fujiwara no Motofusa
- Murasugi Seminosuke as Fujiwara no Motozane
- Aijima Kazuyuki as Fujiwara no Kanezane
- Tsukaji Muga as Fujiwara no Nobuyori
- Kato Toranosuke as Saitou
- Sato Jiro as Fujiwara no Ienari
- Watanabe Tetsu as Fujiwara no Ieyasu
- Okamoto Nobuto as Fujiwara no Kunitsuna
- Minamoto clan
- Kohinata Fumiyo as Minamoto no Tameyoshi
- Takei Emi as Lady Tokiwa
- Tanaka Rena as Lady Yura
- Okada Masaki as Minamoto no Yoritomo
- Nakagawa Taishi as Minamoto no Yoritomo (as a boy)
- Kamiki Ryunosuke as Minamoto no Yoshitsune
- Others
- Fukiishi Kazue as Maiko
- Kato Koji as Usagimaru
- Hiiragi Rumi as Touri
- Anne as Hojo Masako
- Endo Kenichi as Hojo Tokimasa
- Tsukamoto Takashi as Toukurou
- Fukuda Saki as Yaehime
- Kyomoto Masaki as Fujiwara no Hidehira
Production Credits[]
- Original Screenplay: Fujimoto Yuki
- Director: Shibata Takeshi (柴田岳志)
- Producer: Iso Tomoaki (磯智明)
- Music: Yoshimatsu Takashi (吉松隆)
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