Ōgon no Hibi

1978•45m

Drama

Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly valued as tea utensils and he makes a huge profit. This was the first taiga drama to concentrate on the lives of commoners and the reviled merchant class of the Tokugawa period. It documents the rise and fall of the merchant city of Sakai, as seen by its most famous resident, the semilegendary Luzon.

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Production

NHK

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 8, 1978

Last Aired

December 24, 1978

Networks

NHK

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

Air date: 1978-01-08

Episode 2

Air date: 1978-01-15

Episode 3

Air date: 1978-01-22

Episode 4

Air date: 1978-01-29

Episode 5

Air date: 1978-02-05

Episode 6

Air date: 1978-02-12

Episode 7

Air date: 1978-02-19

Episode 8

Air date: 1978-02-26

Episode 9

Air date: 1978-03-05

E10

Episode 10

Air date: 1978-03-12

E11

Episode 11

Air date: 1978-03-19

E12

Episode 12

Air date: 1978-03-26

E13

Episode 13

Air date: 1978-04-02

E14

Episode 14

Air date: 1978-04-09

E15

Episode 15

Air date: 1978-04-16

E16

Episode 16

Air date: 1978-04-23

E17

Episode 17

Air date: 1978-04-30

E18

Episode 18

Air date: 1978-05-07

E19

Episode 19

Air date: 1978-05-14

E20

Episode 20

Air date: 1978-05-21

E21

Episode 21

Air date: 1978-05-28

E22

Episode 22

Air date: 1978-06-04

E23

Episode 23

Air date: 1978-06-11

E24

Episode 24

Air date: 1978-06-18

E25

Episode 25

Air date: 1978-06-25

E26

Episode 26

Air date: 1978-07-02

E27

Episode 27

Air date: 1978-07-09

E28

Episode 28

Air date: 1978-07-16

E29

Episode 29

Air date: 1978-07-23

E30

Episode 30

Air date: 1978-07-30

E31

Episode 31

Air date: 1978-08-06

E32

Episode 32

Air date: 1978-08-13

E33

Episode 33

Air date: 1978-08-20

E34

Episode 34

Air date: 1978-08-27

E35

Episode 35

Air date: 1978-09-03

E36

Episode 36

Air date: 1978-09-10

E37

Episode 37

Air date: 1978-09-17

E38

Episode 38

Air date: 1978-09-24

E39

Episode 39

Air date: 1978-10-01

E40

Episode 40

Air date: 1978-10-08

E41

Episode 41

Air date: 1978-10-15

E42

Episode 42

Air date: 1978-10-22

E43

Episode 43

Air date: 1978-10-29

E44

Episode 44

Air date: 1978-11-05

E45

Episode 45

Air date: 1978-11-12

E46

Episode 46

Air date: 1978-11-19

E47

Episode 47

Air date: 1978-11-26

E48

Episode 48

Air date: 1978-12-03

E49

Episode 49

Air date: 1978-12-10

E50

Episode 50

Air date: 1978-12-17

E51

Episode 51

Air date: 1978-12-24

Cast

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Luzon Sukezaemon

Komaki Kurihara

Mio

Jinpachi Nezu

Ishikawa Goemon

Koji Tsuruta

Sen no Rikyū

Tetsuro Tamba

Imai Sōkyū

Ryūzō Hayashi

Imai Sōkun

Masahiko Tsugawa

Tsuda Sōgyū

Ken Ogata

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Yukiyo Toake

Nene

Shiho Fujimura

Yodo-dono

Masaomi Kondo

Ishida Mitsunari

Akira Onodera

Konishi Yukinaga

Nobuyuki Katsube

Kuroda Kanbei

Kōji Takahashi

Oda Nobunaga

Taketoshi Naitō

Akechi Mitsuhide

Yoko Shimada

Hosokawa Gracia

Kiyoshi Kodama

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Shigeru Kōyama

Ankokuji Ekei

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