Male cast of NHK taiga drama "Gou" revealed
NHK's promotion of its 2011 taiga drama series "Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~" is well under way. On Monday, the network held a press event to reveal an updated roster for the show, in particular unveiling the primary male cast members.
The show already stars Juri Ueno as the historical figure Gou (also known as Oeyo), along with Rie Miyazawa and Asami Mizukawa as her sisters Yodo and Hatsu and Honami Suzuki as her mother Oichi-no-kata. Now, it is known that Saburo Tokito will play her father Azai Nagamasa, while Etsushi Toyokawa plays her uncle Oda Nobunaga. Other key historical figures are being played by Goro Kishitani (as Toyotomi Hideyoshi) and Kinya Kitaoji (as Tokugawa Ieyasu).
Osamu Mukai has been cast as Tokugawa Hidetada, the second Tokugawa shogun and the husband of Gou. Other cast members include Koji Seto, Shota Sometani, Masato Hagiwara, Yukiya Kitamura, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Toshio Shiba, Takumi Saito, Koji Ishizaka, Yasuo Daichi, and Masachika Ichimura.
source: Tokyograph