Segodon

Details

 * Title: 西郷どん
 * Title (romaji): Segodon
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Jidaigeki
 * Episodes: 47
 * Viewership ratings: 12.7%
 * Broadcast network: NHK
 * Broadcast period: 2018-Jan-07 to 2018-Dec-16
 * Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis
Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government. -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast

 * Saigo Clan
 * Suzuki Ryohei as Saigo Kichinosuke / Takamori
 * Kuroki Haru as Iwayama Ito
 * Kazama Morio as Kichibe
 * Matsuzaka Keiko as Masako
 * Sakuraba Nanami as Koto
 * Watabe Gota as Kichijiro
 * Omura Kon (大村崑) as Takamitsu
 * Tsukaji Muga as Kumakichi
 * Nikaido Fumi as Aikana
 * Nishikido Ryo as Judo / Shingo


 * Ookubo Clan
 * Eita as Ichizo / Toshimichi
 * Hirata Mitsuru as Jiemon
 * Mimura Rie as Masu


 * Satsuma Domain
 * Kitagawa Keiko as Oichi / Atsu-hime
 * Takanashi Rin as Fuki
 * Kakihara Rinka (柿原りんか) as young Fuki
 * Kitamura Yukiya as Ooyama Kakunosuke / Tsunayoshi
 * Takahashi Mitsuomi as Arimura Shunsai / Kaieda Nobuyoshi
 * Ikeda Yuto as young Shunsai
 * Horii Arata as Murata Shinpachi
 * Sawamura Ikki as Akayama Yukie
 * Minamino Yoko as Ikushima
 * Koyanagi Rumiko as Yura
 * Kaga Takeshi as Shimazu Narioki
 * Watanabe Ken as Shimazu Nariakira
 * Aoki Munetaka as Shimazu Hisamitsu
 * Toda Naho as Kiku
 * Tokui Yuu as Yamada Tamehisa
 * Itoda Jun (井戸田潤) as Katsura Hisatake
 * Ryu Raita as Zusho Hirosato


 * Tokugawa Shogunate
 * Matayoshi Naoki (又吉直樹) as Tokugawa Iesada
 * Fujiki Naohito as Abe Masahiro
 * Sano Shiro as Ii Naosuke


 * Mito Domain
 * Ibu Masato as Tokugawa Nariaki


 * Others
 * Tanaka Michiko as Tama
 * Onoe Kikunosuke (尾上菊之助) as Gesshou
 * Shoufukutei Tsurube
 * Nishida Toshiyuki as narrator

Production Credits

 * Original work: Novel Sego-don by Hayashi Mariko (林真理子)
 * Screenwriter: Nakazono Miho
 * Directors: Noda Yusuke, Bonkobara Makoto (盆子原誠), Okada Takeshi
 * Music: Fuuki Harumi

Recognitions

 * 22nd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sep 2018): Best Actor - Suzuki Ryohei