Ōgon no Hibi (黄金の日日, Golden Days) is a 1978 Japanese television series. It is the 16th NHK taiga drama, and is based on Saburo Shiroyama's novel of the same title.[1][2][3] The series is the first taiga drama to focus on the lives of commoners and merchants, and the first taiga drama to be filmed outside Japan.[4]

Ōgon no Hibi
GenreTaiga drama
Written byShinichi Ichikawa
Starring
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
ComposerShin'ichirō Ikebe
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes51
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 8 (1978-01-08) –
December 24, 1978 (1978-12-24)

It had the average viewership rating of 25.9% with the peak reaching 34.4%.[5] All episodes still exist.

Plot edit

It depicts the lives of merchants and people of Sakai city in the Sengoku period.[3]

Cast edit

The People of Sakai edit

People of Toyotomi clan edit

People of Oda clan edit

People of Hosokawa clan edit

People of Tokugawa clan edit

People of Mōri clan edit

Others edit

References edit

  1. ^ "松本幸四郎、栗原小巻が語る今も愛される「黄金の日々」の魅力". dot朝日. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Ogon no Hibi とは". kotobank. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Ogon no Hibi". NHK. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.
  5. ^ "ビデオリサーチ NHK大河ドラマ 過去の視聴率データ". Video Research (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2006.