Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

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Drama: Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
Romaji: Seiten wo Tsuke
Japanese: 青天を衝け
Director: Hiroshi Kurosaki, Naoki Murahashi, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kenji Tanaka
Writer: Mika Omori
Network: NHK
Episodes:
Release Date: February 14, 2021 --
Runtime: Sundays 20:00-20:45
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Eiichi Shibusawa (Ryo Yoshizawa) was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo production and also silk farming. He left his hometown at the age of 23 and began working for the government. He later travelled to Paris and learned about banking. Upon his return to Japan, he helped build up the first modern bank in Japan. He eventually became a founder or supporter to about 500 companies and was involved with about 600 public services, including education for women.

Notes

"Reach Beyond the Blue Sky" takes over NHK's Sunday 20:00 time slot previously occupied by "Awaiting Kirin" and followed by "Kamakura dono no 13 nin" January, 2022.
"Seiten wo Tsuke" is NHK's 60th taiga series.

Cast

Shibusawa Family



Ryo Yoshizawa	Kaoru Kobayashi	Emi Wakui	Eri Murakawa	Ryoko Fujino
Eiichi Shibusawa	Ichiroemon Shibusawa	Ei Shibusawa	Naka Shibusawa	Tei Shibusawa



Kengo Kora	Riko Narumi	Sei Hiraizumi	Mayumi Asaka
Kisaku Shibusawa	Yoshi Shibusawa	Sosuke Shibusawa	Masa Shibusawa

Odaka Family



Satomi Tezuka	Seiichi Tanabe	Shinnosuke Mitsushima	Ai Hashimoto	Kenshi Okada
Yahe Odaka	Junchu Odaka	Choshichiro Odaka	Chiyo Odaka	Heikuro Odaka

Mai Tezuka

Kise Odaka

Hitotsubashi Family



Tsuyoshi Kusanagi	Rina Kawaei	Rie Mimura	Shinichi Tsutsumi	Yoshino Kimura
Yoshinobu Tokugawa	Gimi Mika	Tokushinin	Enshiro Hiraoka	Yasu Hiraoka

Mito Han



Naoto Takenaka	Hideko Hara	Ikkei Watanabe	Kanji Tsuda	Kisetsu Fujiwara
Nariaki Tokugawa	Yoshiko	Toko Fujita	Kounsai Takeda	Koshiro Fujita

Edo Bakufu



Ikuzo Yoshi	Daichi Watanabe	Mone Kamishiraishi	Rie Minemura	Goro Kishitani
Ieyoshi Tokugawa	Iesada Tokugawa	Gimi Atsu	Utahashi	Naosuke Ii



Ryohei Otani	Kenta Satoi	Mitsuru Hirata	Yasuhi Nakamura
Masahiro Abe	Masayoshi Hotta	Toshiakira Kawaji	Naoyuki Nagai

Fukui Han



Jun Kaname	Teppei Koike
Yoshinaga Matsudaira	Sanai Hashimoto

Others



Hiroshi Tamaki	Shunya Itabashi	Yoshi Sakou	Ginnojo Yamazaki	Morley Robertson
Shuhan Takashima	Hannosuke Sanada	Yoshiharu Tone	Totsuan Ohashi	Matthew Perry

Additional Cast Members:

Masahito Kobayashi - Eiichi Shibusawa (child)

Comments

Sankar Das Feb 20 2021 6:15 am Very promising cast and ryo yoshizawa to top it all, looking forward to this! Thanks for the article

Hai Jan 19 2021 12:07 pm Very promising actors and actresses wah i cant wait already for this. Ryu, Okada, Ai. Tamaki what more could i say.

kariu Oct 31 2020 7:33 am Very promising cast and ryo yoshizawa to top it all, looking forward to this! Even thought movies set in old times isn't really my cup of tea.

Shido Aug 05 2020 2:31 pm Curious. I'm not expecting a synopsis that goes way back 1840s but I'm hoping it'll turn out great. The cast calms me and ryo's participation seals the deal. Looking forward.

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