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Kusa Moeru

{{short description|1979 Japanese television series}}

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| genre = Taiga drama

| creator =

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| writer = Takehiro Nakajima

| director = Makoto Ohara

| creative_director =

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| starring = Kōji Ishizaka
Shima Iwashita
Ken Matsudaira
Shōhei Hino
Sakae Takita
Tetsuya Takeda
Hiroshi Fujioka
Ryunosuke Kaneda
Mitsuko Kusabue
Shinjirō Ehara
Kyōko Maya
Keiko Matsuzaka
Onoe Tatsunosuke I
Onoe Shoroku II

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| theme_music_composer = Joji Yuasa

| opentheme = NHK Symphony Orchestra

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| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

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| num_episodes = 51

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| runtime = 45 minutes

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| channel = NHK

| first_aired = {{start date|1979|1|7}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1979|12|23}}

| related = The 13 Lords of the Shogun

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{{Nihongo|Kusa Moeru|草燃える}} is a 1979 Japanese television series. It is the 17th NHK taiga drama.{{cite web|url=https://www6.nhk.or.jp/drama/pastprog/detail.html?i=taiga17 |publisher=NHK|title= Kusa Moeru | accessdate= January 22, 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%8D%89%E7%87%83%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B-705895 |publisher=kotobank|title=草燃えるとは | accessdate= January 22, 2019 }}

It is also the first Taiga drama to standardize the use of modern language in dialogue starting with this one onward. On the other hand, characters did not use first names to address others as it was considered disrespectful historically, instead used people's common names and court ranks as was custom for the time.

Story

Kusa Moeru deals with the rise and fall of the Kamakura shogunate at the start of the Kamakura period. Based on Michiko Nagai's novels "Hojo Masako", "Enkan" etc.{{cite web|url= https://www.nhk-ep.com/products/detail/h06848AA |publisher=NHK スクエア|title=草燃える総集編 | accessdate= January 22, 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/NHK%E5%A4%A7%E6%B2%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E%E7%B7%8F%E9%9B%86%E7%B7%A8-%E8%8D%89%E7%87%83%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B-DVD-%E5%B2%A9%E4%B8%8B%E5%BF%97%E9%BA%BB/dp/B000095YJU |publisher=Amazon|title=草燃える | accessdate= January 22, 2019 }}

The story chronicles the lives of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hōjō Masako.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-16935 |publisher=ドラマデータ|title=草燃える | accessdate= January 22, 2019 }} As the drama producers found it difficult to create a solo female protagonist, they made the drama with dual protagonists in mind. Minamoto no Yoritomo's story ends halfway with his death, then Masako takes over the leading role for the last half. However, even with this structure, the first half emphasizes on Masako's perspective of events, making her essentially the main character of the entire story.

Cast

=Minamoto no Yoritomo's family=

=Minamoto no Yoritomo's vassals=

=Hōjō clan=

=Taira clan=

=Others=

TV schedule

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
EpisodeOriginal airdateTitleDirected byRating
1

|{{Start date|1979|1|7}}

{{nihongo|"Hirugakojima no Runin"|蛭が小島の流人}}Makoto Ōhara

|27.9%

2

|{{Start date|1979|1|14}}

{{nihongo|"Koibumi"|恋文}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|30.5%

3

|{{Start date|1979|1|21}}

{{nihongo|"Futari Yoshitsune"|二人義経}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|{{Color|red|34.7%}}

4

|{{Start date|1979|1|28}}

{{nihongo|"Masako Ryakudatsu"|政子略奪}}Makoto Ōhara

|29.6%

5

|{{Start date|1979|2|4}}

{{nihongo|"Muko-dono, Shūto-dono"|婿殿、舅殿}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|28.7%

6

|{{Start date|1979|2|11}}

{{nihongo|"Misshi wa Hashiru"|密使は走る}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|29.1%

7

|{{Start date|1979|2|18}}

{{nihongo|"Yoritomo Tatsu"|頼朝起つ}}Makoto Ōhara

|27.5%

8

|{{Start date|1979|2|25}}

{{nihongo|"Ishibashiyama no Kassen"|石橋山の合戦}}Makoto Ōhara

|27.3%

9

|{{Start date|1979|3|4}}

{{nihongo|"Yoritomo Saiki"|頼朝再起}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|32.4%

10

|{{Start date|1979|3|11}}

{{nihongo|"Kamakura e"|鎌倉へ}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|30.3%

11

|{{Start date|1979|3|18}}

{{nihongo|"Ani no Namida・Otōto no Namida"|兄の涙・弟の涙}}Makoto Ōhara

|31.4%

12

|{{Start date|1979|3|25}}

{{nihongo|"Kiga Mōja"|飢餓亡者}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|29.2%

13

|{{Start date|1979|4|1}}

{{nihongo|"Wakagimi Tanjō"|若君誕生}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|27.6%

14

|{{Start date|1979|4|8}}

{{nihongo|"Masako Kyōran"|政子狂乱}}Makoto Ōhara

|22.7%

15

|{{Start date|1979|4|15}}

{{nihongo|"Ai no Katami"|愛のかたみ}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|24.0%

16

|{{Start date|1979|4|22}}

{{nihongo|"Hitojichi"|人質}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|27.1%

17

|{{Start date|1979|4|29}}

{{nihongo|"Yoshitsune Shutsujin"|義経出陣}}Makoto Ōhara

|25.8%

18

|{{Start date|1979|5|6}}

{{nihongo|"Kiretsu"|亀裂}}Tōru Shōji

|29.9%

19

|{{Start date|1979|5|13}}

{{nihongo|"Kyō no Shirabyōshi"|京の白拍子}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|30.0%

20

|{{Start date|1979|5|20}}

{{nihongo|"Dan-no-ura"|壇ノ浦}}Makoto Ōhara

|27.5%

21

|{{Start date|1979|5|27}}

{{nihongo|"Yoshitsune Gaisen"|義経凱旋}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|24.4%

22

|{{Start date|1979|6|3}}

{{nihongo|"Kamakura no Shikaku"|鎌倉の刺客}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|27.3%

23

|{{Start date|1979|6|10}}

{{nihongo|"Miyako no Tōzoku-tachi"|都の盗賊たち}}Makoto Ōhara

|23.3%

24

|{{Start date|1979|6|17}}

{{nihongo|"Shizuka no Mai"|静の舞}}Makoto Ōhara

|19.3%

25

|{{Start date|1979|6|24}}

{{nihongo|"Yoritomo Jōraku"|頼朝上洛}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|22.8%

26

|{{Start date|1979|7|1}}

{{nihongo|"Hōō Hōgyo"|法皇崩御}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|22.6%

27

|{{Start date|1979|7|8}}

{{nihongo|"Yoshitoki no Tsuma"|義時の妻}}Hiroshi Watanabe

|25.6%

28

|{{Start date|1979|7|15}}

{{nihongo|"Fuji no Makigari"|富士の巻狩}}Makoto Ōhara

|24.5%

29

|{{Start date|1979|7|22}}

{{nihongo|"Soga Kyōdai"|曽我兄弟}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|22.4%

30

|{{Start date|1979|7|29}}

{{nihongo|"Ōhime Sakuran"|大姫錯乱}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|{{Color|blue|19.2%}}

31

|{{Start date|1979|8|5}}

{{nihongo|"Kuroi Tsumujikaze"|黒いつむじ風}}Makoto Ōhara

|20.5%

32

|{{Start date|1979|8|12}}

{{nihongo|"Yoritomo no Shi"|頼朝の死}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|23.5%

33

|{{Start date|1979|8|19}}

{{nihongo|"Hime-gimi Dokusatsu"|姫君毒殺}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|26.3%

34

|{{Start date|1979|8|26}}

{{nihongo|"Yoriie Rangyō"|頼家乱行}}Tōru Shōji

|24.4%

35

|{{Start date|1979|9|2}}

{{nihongo|"Kajiwara Kagetoki no Metsubō"|梶原景時の滅亡}}Makoto Ōhara

|25.0%

36

|{{Start date|1979|9|9}}

{{nihongo|"Aku-zenji Zenjō"|悪禅師全成}}Hiroshi Watanabe

|23.7%

37

|{{Start date|1979|9|16}}

{{nihongo|"Hōjō no Inbō"|北条の陰謀}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|26.9%

38

|{{Start date|1979|9|23}}

{{nihongo|"Hiki Metsubō"|比企滅亡}}Makoto Ōhara

|25.6%

39

|{{Start date|1979|9|30}}

{{nihongo|"Yoriie Tsuihō"|頼家追放}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|26.7%

40

|{{Start date|1979|10|7}}

{{nihongo|"Shuzen-ji"|修禅寺}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|24.1%

41

|{{Start date|1979|10|14}}

{{nihongo|"Kashoku"|華燭}}Takashi Matsuhashi

|25.5%

42

|{{Start date|1979|10|21}}

{{nihongo|"Hatakeyama Tōbatsu"|畠山討伐}}Makoto Ōhara

|31.7%

43

|{{Start date|1979|10|28}}

{{nihongo|"Chichi to Ko"|父と子}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|25.2%

44

|{{Start date|1979|11|4}}

{{nihongo|"Go-Toba-in Shōka"|後鳥羽院頌歌}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|27.0%

45

|{{Start date|1979|11|11}}

{{nihongo|"Sayogiku"|小夜菊}}Munehiro Anzai

|24.2%

46

|{{Start date|1979|11|18}}

{{nihongo|"Wada Gassen"|和田合戦}}Makoto Ōhara

|24.3%

47

|{{Start date|1979|11|25}}

{{nihongo|"Maboroshi no Fune"|幻の船}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|26.4%

48

|{{Start date|1979|12|2}}

{{nihongo|"Funadama"|船霊}}Shizuhiro Izuta

|24.9%

49

|{{Start date|1979|12|9}}

{{nihongo|"Sanetomo Ansatsu"|実朝暗殺}}Makoto Ōhara

|27.7%

50

|{{Start date|1979|12|16}}

{{nihongo|"Miura Yoshimura no Sakubō"|三浦義村の策謀}}Hiroyuki Eguchi

|22.5%

51

|{{Start date|1979|12|23}}

{{nihongo|"Jōkyū no Ran"|承久の乱}}Makoto Ōhara

|28.6%

colspan="5"|Average rating 26.3% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).{{cite web |url= https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20181125/geo18112511000008-n2.html|title= 【大河のころ 石坂浩二(4)】3度の主演が今の自分を作ってくれた|access-date= December 24, 2020|work= Sanspo|date= 25 November 2018}}

Avg. Rating: 26.3% | Peak: 34.7%. All episodes still exist, however, 18 out of 51 episodes have distorted images and sound, as well as missing fragments.

References

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External links

  • [https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/search/special/detail/?d=taiga022 Taiga drama Kusa Moeru NHK]

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Category:1979 Japanese television series debuts

Category:1979 Japanese television series endings

Category:Taiga drama

Category:1970s drama television series

Category:Cultural depictions of Hōjō Masako

Category:Cultural depictions of Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Category:Cultural depictions of Taira no Kiyomori

Category:Jidaigeki television series

Category:Television series set in the 12th century

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