Ryomaden

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Drama: Ryomaden
Romaji: Ryomaden
Japanese: 龍馬伝
Director: Keishi Ohtomo, Takehiro Shoen, Kazuki Watanabe, Hitoshi Manabe, Takegoro Nishimura, Toki Kajiwara
Writer: Yasushi Fukuda
Network: NHK
Episodes: 48
Release Date: Janaury 3 - November 28, 2010
Runtime: Sundays 20:00
TV Ratings: 18.7%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Story centers around Ryoma Sakamoto (January 3, 1836 - December 10, 1867) a leader of the movement to overthrow the feudal regime of Tokugawa shogunate. Ryoma Sakmoto is thought to have been a visionary who helped spur Japan to modernization.

Notes

"Ryomaden" takes over NHK's Sunday 20:00 time slot previously occupied by "Tenchijin" and followed by "Gou."
"Ryomaden" is NHK's 49th Taiga drama.

Cast



Masaharu Fukuyama	Ryoko Hirosue	Teruyuki Kagawa	Nao Omori	Shinobu Terajima	Shihori Kanjiya
Ryoma Sakamoto	Kao Hirai	Iwasaki Yataro	Hanpeita Tagechi	Tome Sakamoto	Sana Chiba



Kiyoshi Kodama	Tetta Sugimoto	Wakako Shimazaki	Chieko Matsubara	Takeru Satoh	Keizo Kanie
Hachihei Sakamoto	Gonpei Sakamoto	Chino Sakamoto	Iyo Sakamoto	Okada Izo	Yajiro Iwasaki



Kaoru Okunuki	Yo Oizumi	Hiroyuki Miyasako	Kotaro Satomi	Ikkei Watanabe	Mitsuko Baisho
Tomi Takechi	Chojiro Kondo	Shujiro Hirai	Sadakichi Chiba	Jutaro Chiba	Miwa Iwasaki

Additional Cast Members:

Yoko Maki - Ryo Narasaki
Tetsuya Takeda - Katsu Kaishu
Katsumi Takahashi - Saigo Takamori
Atsuko Maeda - Haru Sakamoto
Yu Aoi - Omoto
Rei Otori - Chizu Sakamoto
Jun Kaname - Sonojo Sawamura
Pierre Taki - Hironojo Mizobuchi
Hitomi Miyake - Sato
Tamiyo Kusakari - Sachi Sakamoto
Naoki Suda - Yanosuke Iwasaki
Mao Noguchi - Saki Owasaki
Hiroyuki Konishi - Teizo Miyabe
Hayato Nakamura - Iemochi Tokugawa
Ayano Moriguchi - Shino
Shota Taniguchi - Sakutaro Nakajima
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Manabu Nakanishi
Takuma Otoo
Asami Usuda - Natsu
Taro Suruga
Toranosuke Kato
Yasuto Kosuda
Tao Tsuchiya - Otome Sakamoto
Yoshihisa Amano - Shingo Nasu
Yuya Shimizu - Shotaro Inoue's son
Tai Kageyama
Roi Hayashi
Kazuhiko Kanayama
Manabu Hamada
Masanobu Sakata
Yojin Hino
Sakikai Sekido
Kazumasa Taguchi
Kinzou Sakura
Takafumi Imai
Takashi Matsuo - Bunjiro Iwahori
Yudai Ishiguro - child fishing
Atsushi Korechika - Toranosuke Chiya
Terry Ito - Hikoma Ueno
Kazutoyo Yoshimi - Takayuki Sasaki
Masataka Fujishige - Sobe Maehara
Kimihiko Hasegawa - Tatsuemon Motoyama
Ayu Matsuura - Tae (ep.2)
Nao Oikawa - prostitute (ep.4)
Atsuki Ishii - child (ep.10)
Tomimasa Kikuguchi - Aizu samurai (ep.15)
Takashi Kitadai - Reijiro Ido (ep.18)
Donpei Tsuchihira - Kumasuke Fukuda (ep.42)
Yoshi Sakou
Shun Nakayama

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	01/03/2010	23.2%
02	01/10/2010	21.0%
03	01/17/2010	22.6%
04	01/24/2010	23.4%
05	01/31/2010	24.4%
06	02/07/2010	21.2%
07	02/14/2010	20.2%
08	02/21/2010	22.3%
09	02/28/2010	21.0%
10	03/07/2010	20.4%
11	03/14/2010	21.4%
12	03/21/2010	17.7%
13	03/28/2010	18.8%
14	04/04/2010	18.5%
15	04/11/2010	18.4%
16	04/18/2010	21.9%
17	04/25/2010	21.8%
18	05/02/2010	18.4%
19	05/09/2010	19.0%
20	05/16/2010	20.4%
21	05/23/2010	20.0%
22	05/30/2010	19.5%
23	06/06/2010	19.2%
24	06/13/2010	20.1%
25	06/20/2010	20.3%
26	06/27/2010	17.9%
27	07/04/2010	17.3%
28	07/11/2010	17.0%
29	07/18/2010	15.8%
30	07/25/2010	17.9%
31	08/01/2010	16.0%
32	08/08/2010	16.7%
33	08/15/2010	13.7%
34	08/22/2010	16.3%
35	08/29/2010	15.4%
36	09/05/2010	16.8%
37	09/12/2010	17.6%
38	09/19/2010	15.8%
39	09/26/2010	13.7%
40	10/03/2010	14.3%
41	10/10/2010	16.3%
42	10/17/2010	16.1%
43	10/24/2010	18.0%
44	10/31/2010	16.2%
45	11/07/2010	15.3%
46	11/14/2010	15.7%
47	11/21/2010	17.6%
48	11/28/2010	21.3%
Average		18.7%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Awards

"TV Guide Award (Best Drama)" - 2011 Elan D'or Award - February 4, 2011

Comments

Coreen Mar 17 2022 8:28 am First time I saw this drama I thought it was an Ok drama. Second time I watched it really had to force myself to finish the whole drama, just got irritated on who bad the main actor portrayed Sakamoto Ryoma.

precious Nov 08 2015 6:58 am I usually watch a short series or SP, but this taiga drama made me watch and finished 48-episodes. got addicted and interested in Sakamoto Ryoma`s history, all the cast were excellent! so proud of this jdo. saikou.

carolinarsy Sep 18 2015 9:21 am I love this drama. All character play well in this drama. Especially masaharu who played sakamoto ryoma and the famous hitokiri kkada izo who played by sato takeru.

kit Jan 08 2014 7:45 am It's a really great drama. It really got me into the real history of Sakamoto Ryoma. (this is based on the actual history, rather than fictional right?)

tberry Jan 10 2013 7:24 pm i love this drama! iwasaki yataro did steal the scene sometimes..i love the soundtrack and the storyline...

Harley Sep 03 2012 6:56 pm I really like the character Ryoma Sakamoto and the actor Masaharu Fukuyama, and I thought that the drama of Ryomaden the Legend is just a fiction but actually it is not.

Harley Sep 03 2012 6:50 pm I am from Brunei and I really like to watch Ryomaden the Legend. It is the best drama ever.

Tai Takada Feb 05 2011 9:07 am I really think Teruyuki Kagawa should be placed in nomination at the 日本アカデミー賞, Nippon Akademī-shō for his role as Yataro. At least at the Television Drama Academy Awards. At first it was a big turn off with his shouting and general grumpiness, but just like the drama itself his role grew and became very good once the Nagasaki story unfolded. Has anyone heard if NHK's(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Head Fumio Narashima is pushing Ryoma Den in the advertsing for awards.

Anne-Sophie Jul 13 2010 2:24 am I think it's Usuda Asami, an actress from Amuse Agency. She played once with Sato Takeru as one of the four Sole students, in Mei-chan no Shitsuji.

jake Jul 12 2010 12:16 pm Who is the actress that plays natsu i think she's izo's love interest in the the drama?

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