Hana no Shōgai (花の生涯) is a 1963 Japanese television series. It is the 1st NHK taiga drama.

Hana no Shōgai
GenreTaiga drama
Written byMakoto Hōjō
Directed byHiroshi Inoue etc
StarringOnoe Shoroku II
Chikage Awashima
Kaoru Yachigusa
Kyōko Kagawa
Shinsuke Ashida
Masakazu Tamura
Ko Nishimura
Hiroyuki Nagato
Kanjūrō Arashi
Eitaro Ozawa
Keiji Sada
Narrated byEitaro Ozawa
Theme music composerIsao Tomita
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes39
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseApril 7 (1963-04-07) –
December 29, 1963 (1963-12-29)
Related
Akō Rōshi (1964 TV series)

The average viewership rating was 20.2%, with a peak of 32.3%.[1]

Only an almost complete copy of episode 1 and fragments of Episode 38 still exist, all other footage is said to be lost according to NHK. In February 2023, to commemorate the 60th anniversary, the first episode was re-aired in colour using AI technology.

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Hana no Shōgai deals with the Bakumatsu at the end of the Edo period. Based on Funahashi Seiichi's novels of the same title.[2]

The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke up to the Sakuradamon Incident in 1860.[3][4][5]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "ビデオリサーチ NHK大河ドラマ 過去の視聴率データ". Video Release (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2006.
  2. ^ "花の生涯". NHKアーカイブ. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "花の生涯". ドラマNHK. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "花の生涯". DD. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  5. ^ "花の生涯とは". kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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