Segodon


3=Segodon is a 2018 Japanese historical drama television series and the 57th NHK taiga drama. It stars Ryohei Suzuki as Saigō Takamori, who has been dubbed the last true samurai.

Plot

The drama follows the life of historical figure Saigō Takamori. Born the first son of a lower-class samurai, he was exiled two times and went through three marriages. He was one of the central figures of the Meiji Restoration but later rebelled against the government over dissatisfaction with Meiji reforms.

Cast

Saigo family

;General public
  • Rin Takanashi as Fuki
  • *Rinka Kakihara as young Fuki
  • Taku Suzuki as Heiroku, Fuki's father
  • Sumie Sasaki as Ishi, Kumakichi's grandmother
  • Fujita Okamoto as Itagaki Yosaji
  • Toshiyuki Kitami as Ijūin Naogorō, Suga's father
  • Masayuki Shionoya as Iwayama Naoatsu, Ito's father
;The people of Amami Ōshima
  • Fumi Nikaidō as Aikana, the second wife of Takamori
  • Akira Emoto as Ryū Samin
  • Midori Kiuchi as Ishichiyo Kane
  • Natsuko Akiyama as Yuta
  • Tsutomu Takahashi as Tomiken
  • Honami Kurashita as Komurume
  • Anna Sato as Satochiyo Kane
;The people of Okinoerabujima
;Ōoku
Production Credits
  • Narrator – Toshiyuki Nishida
  • Music – Harumi Fūki
  • Historical research – Izumi Haraguchi, Manabu Ōishi and Michifumi Isoda
  • Architectural research – Kiyoshi Hirai
  • Costume designer – Kazuko Kurosawa
  • Kagoshima dialect instructors – Takaya Sakoda and Kōkichi Tanoue
The series is based on the novel Segodon! by Mariko Hayashi which was first released in serial format starting February 2016 in the literature magazine Hon no Tabibito, and published as a book by Kadokawa Shoten the year after.

Casting

was announced to portray the lead role of Saigō Takamori in Segodon on November 2, 2016. The main cast for the Saigo and Okuba family were announced on March 27, 2017, which includes Eita, Haru Kuroki, Nanami Sakuraba, Gōta Watabe, Muga Tsukaji, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, and Keiko Matsuzaka. The main cast for the Shimazu family was announced on June 27, 2017, which includes Munetaka Aoki, Naho Toda, Yu Tokui, and Ken Watanabe. In September 2017, it was announced that Yuki Saito would not be able to play as Ikushima, and was eventually replaced by Yoko Minamino. By November 2017, Etsuko Ichihara also had to drop out as narrator of the series due to her ongoing recovery from encephalomyelitis, and was eventually replaced by Toshiyuki Nishida.

TV schedule

Omnibus

Soundtracks

  • "Segodon" Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack I
  • "Segodon" Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack II
  • ''"Segodon" Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack III''