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Sanada Taiheiki
- No.
- ST-00320
- Year
- 1986
- Broadcated
/Created by - ＮＨＫ
- Scriptwriter
- Kanekonaruto
- Original author
- 池波正太郎
- Original name
- 真田太平記
- Format
- drama seriese
- Awards
- Galaxy Honors for programs recommended
- Overview
- Aired on the Shin Ogata Jidaigeki slot. Based on a novel by Shotaro Ikenami. Ran for 45 episodes. A solid jidaigeki (period drama) that portrays the familial love and conflicts of the Sanadas, an infamous clan that was feared in the feudal era. Sanada Masayuki is a military commander and strategist with a rebellious spirit. Since the elimination of the Takeda clan, he has served under various lords, including Oda, Hojo, Tokugawa, Uesugi, and Toyotomi, in order to survive. However, after the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, he refuses to obey Ieyasu’s order to hand over Numata and decides to fight against the Tokugawas. In the Battle of Sekigahara, Masayuki succeeds in distracting Tokugawa Hidetada’s army at Ueda Castle and causes Hidetada to arrive late to the battle. Meanwhile, Nobuyuki, Masayuki’s heir who has taken Ieyasu’s adopted daughter Inahime as his wife, decides to part ways with his father Masayuki and brother Yukimura—who are joining the Western Army—and join the Eastern Army. After the Eastern Army wins the battle, Masayuki is exiled to Kudoyama and dies there. Yukimura enters Osaka Castle in the winter and summer campaigns of the siege of Osaka. In the winter campaign, Yukimura constructed the Sanada Maru, which caused a lot of pain to the Tokugawa side. In the summer campaign, Yukimura corners Ieyasu and almost gets at him. However, he gets surrounded by enemy forces and commits suicide. Even after the Toyotomi clan is destroyed, Ieyasu considered Yukimura as the enemy worthy of his admiration who fought bravely, praising him and showing deep consideration for the Sanada clan. After Ieyasu’s death, the shogunate plans to destroy the Sanada clan, but Nobuyuki survives the prosecution by presenting a letter written by Ieyasu himself. However, in 1622, Nobuyuki is suddenly ordered to relocate from Ueda to Matsushiro, which essentially amounts to a forced reduction of his domain as a daimyo (feudal lord).
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