What Will You Do, Ieyasu?


1=What Will You Do, Ieyasu? is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Jun Matsumoto as Tokugawa Ieyasu. The series is the 62nd NHK taiga drama.
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Cast

Starring role

[Tokugawa clan]

[Imagawa clan]

[Oda clan]

[Toyotomi clan]

[Council of Five Elders] (Go-Tairō)

[Takeda clan]

[Sanada clan]

Others

Reception

The show has the second worst viewerships rating Taiga drama since NHK launched its first historical drama show. The reason was stated that although younger generation of NHK drama viewers increased, the older generations received the show negatively due to the portrayal of Ieyasu being timid and the sympathetic portrayal of Lady Tsukiyama, contrary to the traditional image of both characters since Edo period. Furthermore, this show has garnered mixed views from history academics since it depicted many historical inaccuracies.
An NHK employee insider told Daily Shinchō news that one notable controversy stemmed from the airing "LGBT episode". The said employee said many of the young Japanese people nowaday prefers serious programs such as news reports and documentaries. For this reason, that episode has stirred mixed reactions within the station, with some saying "it may not be resonating with viewers.". Tetsuo Owada, professor emeritus of Shizuoka University who also act as consultant for the series, has noted this creative take of depiction for the female same-sex couple during Sengoku period was never heard before, and he admit he "was quite surprised" with such liberty take when he read the script of the episode.
Another consultant of the show and Sengoku period professor Shiba Hiroyuki criticized the inaccuracy of how Kiyosu Castle portrayed.
Japanese columnist and professional critic Kazuo Yawata opined that the show failed to bridge the historical accuracy with the traditional portrayal of Ieyasu as someone who endures hardship, resulting in the inconsistency of his characterization in the show.