Ryōmaden
is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010, spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. Production Production Credits Original – Yasushi Fukuda Music – Naoki Satō Titling – Shishū Narrator – Teruyuki Kagawa Historical research – Manabu Ōishi, Tatsuya Yamamura Architectural research – Sei Hirai Clothing research – Kiyoko Koizumi Beauty and costume direction – Isao Tsuge Sword fight arranger - Kunishirō Hayashi Production coordinator – Kei Suzuki, Kanako Iwatani Casting – Keishi Ōtomo Cast Masaharu Fukuyama as Tatsuomi Hamada as young RyōmaSakamoto familyShinobu Terajima as – older sister of Ryōma - later Tao Tsuchiya as young Otome Kiyoshi Kodama as – father of Ryōma Tetta Sugimoto as – oldest brother of Ryōma Wakako Shimazaki as – Gonpei's wife Atsuko Maeda as – Gonpei's daughter Tamaki Matsumoto as young Harui Rei Ōtori as – oldest sister of Ryōma – later Chieko Matsubara as – stepmother of Ryōma Tamiyo Kusakari as – mother of Ryōma Yōko Maki as – Ryōma's wifeIwasaki familyTeruyuki Kagawa as – the founder of Mitsubishi, born in Tosa Keizō Kanie as – Yatarō's father Mitsuko Baisho as – Yatarō's mother Maiko as – Yatarō's wifeTosa clanMasaomi Kondō as - the 15th head of the Tosa Domain Munetaka Aoki as – nephew of Yoshida Tōyō Min Tanaka as Nao Ōmori as – leader of the Ryōko Hirosue as – first crush of Ryōma Hiroyuki Miyasako as – older brother of Kao Takeru Satoh as – assassin of the Bakumatsu period Takaya Kamikawa as – brethren of Ryōma, born in Tosa Domain Pierre Taki as Chōshū clanKatsuhisa Namase as – master of Katsura Kogorō Shōsuke Tanihara as – disciple of Yoshida Shōin Yūsuke Iseya as Toshio Kakei as Kyōsuke Yabe as Hiroyuki Onoue as Satsuma clanKatsumi Takahashi as Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Kenichi Takitō as Chiba DojoShihori Kanjiya as – daughter of Chiba Sadakichi Kōtarō Satomi as – management of sword school Chiba Dōjō Ikkei Watanabe as – older brother of Chiba Sanako Tokugawa Bakufu Tetsushi Tanaka as – the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate Nakamura Hayato as – the 14th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate Tetsuya Takeda as – a Japanese naval officer and statesman Tortoise Matsumoto as – one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States Tomoharu Hasegawa as Matsudaira KatamoriShinsengumiTaizō Harada as – the commander of the Shinsengumi Satoshi Matsuda as – the vice-commander of Shinsengumi Rakuto Tochihara as – the captain of the first unit of the ShinsengumiKyoto MimawarigumiIchikawa Kamejirō II as Tatsuya Nakamura as SION as KaientaiYō Ōizumi as – son of a bun store owner in Kōchi Jun Kaname as Yūta Hiraoka as – a statesman and diplomat in Meiji period, born in Wakayama domain Kenta Kiritani as Daijirō Kawaoka as – Ryōma's