Segodon

{{Short description|2018 taiga drama about samurai Saigō Takamori}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Segodon_2018_poster.png

| caption = Promotional poster

| based_on = Segodon! by Mariko Hayashi

| writer = Miho Nakazono

| director = Yūsuke Noda
Makoto Bonkabara
Takeshi Okada
Yoshimi Ishizuka
Yūsuke Horiuchi
Keisuke Ōshima

| starring = {{plainlist|

}}

| narrated = Toshiyuki Nishida

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme = {{Nihongo|"Segodon －Main Theme－"|「西郷どん－メインテーマ－」}}

| composer = Harumi Fūki

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| num_seasons =

| num_episodes = 47

| executive_producer = Ken Sakurai
Sōichi Sakurai

| producer = Chieko Konishi

| runtime = 45 minutes

| network = NHK

| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|1|7}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2018|12|16}}

}}

{{Nihongo|3=Segodon|2=西郷どん|4=Mr. Saigō in Kagoshima dialect{{cite web |url=https://www.geidai.ac.jp/english/news/201808029934.html |title=Mexican Ambassador and his wife visit the special exhibition "Segodon" held at the University Museum |last= |first= |date=August 2, 2018 |website=Tokyo University of the Arts |publisher= |access-date=April 19, 2020 |quote=}}

}} is a 2018 Japanese historical drama television series and the 57th NHK taiga drama.{{cite web|url=http://www6.nhk.or.jp/nhkpr/post/original.html?i=07929|title=2018年大河ドラマ「西郷（せご）どん」主人公・西郷隆盛役は鈴木亮平に決定！|website=NHK|accessdate=27 April 2017|language=Japanese}} It stars Ryohei Suzuki as Saigō Takamori, who has been dubbed the last true samurai.History Channel The Samurai, video documentary

Plot

The drama follows the life of historical figure Saigō Takamori. Born the first son of a lower-class samurai, he was exiled two times and went through three marriages. He was one of the central figures of the Meiji Restoration but later rebelled against the government over dissatisfaction with Meiji reforms.

Cast

=Saigo family=

Ryohei Suzuki as Saigō Takamori
Ao Watanabe as Kokichi (young Takamori)
Keiko Matsuzaka as Saigō Masa, the mother of Takamori
Morio Kazama as Saigō Kichibei, the father of Takamori
Toshiyuki Nishida as Saigō Kikujirō, Takamori's son
Yuki Imai as Teen Kikujirō
Kairi Jō as Child Kikujirō
Ai Hashimoto as Suga, the first wife of Takamori
Haru Kuroki as Iwayama Ito, the third wife of Takamori
Konomi Watanabe as young Ito
Ryo Nishikido as Saigō Jūdō, one of Takamori's brothers
Taiyō Saitō as Saigō Shingo (young Jūdō)
Mone Kamishiraishi as Saigō Kiyo, the wife of Jūdō
Gōta Watabe as Saigō Kichijirō, one of Takamori's brothers
Taketo Arai as young Kichijirō
Yuki Kashiwagi as Saigō Sono, the wife of Kichijirō
Nanami Sakuraba as Ichiki (née Saigō) Koto, one of Takamori's sisters
Yuki Kurimoto as young Koto
Yūki Maekawa as Ichiki Sōsuke, Koto's son
Yū Kayano as Saigō Yasu, one of Takamori's sisters
Kumi Mizuno as Kimi, the grandmother of Takamori
Kon Ōmura as Saigō Ryūemon, the grandfather of Takamori
Muga Tsukaji (Drunk Dragon) as Kumakichi
Mayuko Saigō as Saigō Sakurako
Maika Hara as Saigō Taka, one of Takamori's sisters
Yūki Yagi as Saigō Kikusō, Takamori's daughter

=Ōkubo family=

Eita as Ōkubo Toshimichi{{cite web|url=http://www.cinra.net/news/20170327-segodon|title=鈴木亮平主演NHK大河『西郷どん』瑛太が大久保利通、黒木華が運命の女性|accessdate=27 April 2017|work=Cinra.net}}
Tatsuki Ishikawa as young Toshimichi
Rie Mimura as Ōkubo Masu, the wife of Toshimichi
Mitsuru Hirata as Ōkubo Jiemon, the father of Toshimichi
Mariko Fuji as Ōkubo Fuku, the mother of Toshimichi
Tamami Kusaka as Ōkubo Suma
Yuki Uchida as Oyū

=[[Satsuma Domain]]=

Ken Watanabe as Shimazu Nariakira, the master of Takamori
Munetaka Aoki as Shimazu Hisamitsu
Takeshi Kaga as Shimazu Narioki
Rumiko Koyanagi as Yura
Raita Ryu as Zusho Hirosato
Seiya Osada as Shimazu Mochihisa
Rasei Nakajima as young Mochihisa
Naho Toda as Kiku
Yukiya Kitamura as Ōyama Kakunosuke (later Ōyama Tsunayoshi)
Naoki Inukai as young Kakunosuke
Mitsuomi Takahashi as Arimura Shunsai (later Kaeda Nobuyoshi)
Yūto Ikeda as young Shunsai
Arata Horii as Murata Shinpachi
Kenshirō Katō as young Shinpachi
Ikki Sawamura as Akayama Yukie
Jun Itoda as Katsura Hisatake
Yu Tokui as Yamada Tamehisa
Shūichirō Masuda as Arima Shinshichi
Masaki Izawa as young Shinshichi
Takurō Ōno as Nakamura Hanjirō
Rukito Nakamura as young Hanjirō
Manabu Hamada as Sakoda Tomonoshin
Shiori Sugioka as Oaki
Tomoya Warabino as Ebihara Shigekatsu
Keita Machida as Komatsu Tatewaki
Yoshimasa Kondo as Tanaka Yūnosuke
Ayumi Tanida as Koba Den'nai
Teppei Akashi as Narahara Kihachirō
Yūki Izumisawa as Kawaji Toshiyoshi
Hideo Sakaki as Shinohara Kunimoto
Yūshin Shinohara as Beppu Shinsuke

;General public

Rin Takanashi as Fuki
Rinka Kakihara as young Fuki
Taku Suzuki (Drunk Dragon) as Heiroku, Fuki's father
Sumie Sasaki as Ishi, Kumakichi's grandmother
Fujita Okamoto as Itagaki Yosaji
Toshiyuki Kitami as Ijūin Naogorō, Suga's father
Masayuki Shionoya as Iwayama Naoatsu, Ito's father

;The people of Amami Ōshima

Fumi Nikaidō as Aikana, the second wife of Takamori
Akira Emoto as Ryū Samin
Midori Kiuchi as Ishichiyo Kane
Natsuko Akiyama as Yuta
Tsutomu Takahashi as Tomiken
Honami Kurashita as Komurume
Anna Sato as Satochiyo Kane

;The people of Okinoerabujima

Renji Ishibashi as Kawaguchi Seppō
Yoshiki Saitō as Tsuchimochi Masateru
Yōko Ōshima as Tsuchimochi Tsuru

=[[Chōshū Domain]]=

Tetsuji Tamayama as Kido Takayoshi
Kenta Hamano as Itō Hirobumi
Hayashiya Shōzō IX as Ōmura Masujirō
Hikaru Futagami as Kusaka Genzui
Osaomu Kaō as Shiraishi Shōichirō
Riki Choshu as Kijima Matabei
Manabu Ino as Kikkawa Kenmotsu
Masayuki Satō as Miyoshi Shinzō

=[[Tosa Domain]]=

Shun Oguri as Sakamoto Ryōma
Asami Mizukawa as Oryō, the wife of Ryōma
Shogo Yamaguchi as Nakaoka Shintarō
Akira Otaka as Yamauchi Yōdō, the lord of Tosa
Ryo Segawa as Gotō Shōjirō

=[[Fukui Domain]]=

Kanji Tsuda as Matsudaira Shungaku
Shunsuke Kazama as Hashimoto Sanai
Asahi Yoshida as Nakane Yukie

=[[Tokugawa shogunate]]=

Shota Matsuda as Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shōgun
Kenichi Endō as Katsu Kaishū
Naoki Matayoshi as Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shōgun
Tamotsu Kanshūji as Tokugawa Iemochi, the 14th shōgun
Towa Araki as young Iemochi
Naohito Fujiki as Abe Masahiro
Shirō Sano as Ii Naosuke
Shinji Asakura as Hotta Masayoshi
Satoshi Jimbo as Nagano Shuzen
Takahiro Fujimoto as Yamaoka Tesshū
Jundai Yamada as Hiraoka Enshirō
Masami Horiuchi as Itakura Katsukiyo

;Ōoku

Keiko Kitagawa as "Tenshō-in" Atsuhime
Yoko Minamino as Ikushima, the tutor of Atsuhime
Pinko Izumi as Honjuin, Iesada's mother

=[[Aizu]] and [[Kuwana Domain]]s=

Shuji Kashiwabara as Matsudaira Katamori
Ken Shōnozaki as Matsudaira Sadaaki

=[[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial Court]]=

Nakamura Kotarō VI as Emperor Kōmei
Nomura Man'nojō VI as Emperor Meiji
Shōfukutei Tsurube II as Iwakura Tomomi
Tomiyuki Kunihiro as Konoe Tadahiro
Nomura Manzō IX as Sanjō Sanetomi
Takeshi Nadagi as Nakagawa-no-miya
Kenichi Ogata as Nakayama Tadayasu
Yasuto Kosuda as Prince Arisugawa Taruhito

=[[Government of Meiji Japan|The Government of Meiji]]=

=Foreigners=

Thane Camus as Harry Smith Parkes
Hannah Grace as Mrs. Parkes
Steve Wiley as Ernest Mason Satow
Blake Crawford as Townsend Harris
Gilles Beaufils as Léon Roches
Noam Katz as Charles Lennox Richardson
Nathan Berry as Dr. William Willis

=Others=

Masatō Ibu as Tokugawa Nariaki, the father of Yoshinobu
Onoe Kikunosuke V as Getshō
Kimihiko Hasegawa as Date Munenari
Takayasu Komiya as Tokugawa Yoshikatsu
Michiko Tanaka as Tama
Takashi Tome as Den'emon
Hitori Gekidan as John Manjirō
Haruna Kondō (Harisenbon) as Tora
Michifumi Isoda as Naiki Jinzaburō, the first mayor of Kyoto
Kōkichi Tanoue as Naoo Nakahara

Production

Production Credits

Narrator – Toshiyuki Nishida
Music – Harumi Fūki
Historical research – Izumi Haraguchi, Manabu Ōishi and Michifumi Isoda
Architectural research – Kiyoshi Hirai
Costume designer – Kazuko Kurosawa
Kagoshima dialect instructors – Takaya Sakoda and Kōkichi Tanoue

The series is based on the novel Segodon! by Mariko Hayashi which was first released in serial format starting February 2016 in the literature magazine Hon no Tabibito, and published as a book by Kadokawa Shoten the year after.

=Casting=

Ryohei Suzuki was announced to portray the lead role of Saigō Takamori in Segodon on November 2, 2016.{{cite news|title=鈴木亮平さん主演！「西郷どん」|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/2000/256040.html|accessdate=6 August 2019|work=NHK ドラマ|publisher=NHK|date=2 November 2016|language=Japanese}} The main cast for the Saigo and Okuba family were announced on March 27, 2017, which includes Eita, Haru Kuroki, Nanami Sakuraba, Gōta Watabe, Muga Tsukaji, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, and Keiko Matsuzaka.{{cite news|title=2018（平成30）年大河ドラマ「西郷どん」出演者決定！|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/2000/265889.html|accessdate=6 August 2019|work=NHK ドラマ|publisher=NHK|date=27 March 2017|language=Japanese}} The main cast for the Shimazu family was announced on June 27, 2017, which includes Munetaka Aoki, Naho Toda, Yu Tokui, and Ken Watanabe.{{cite news|title=2018（平成30）年大河ドラマ「西郷どん」新たな出演者発表|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/2570/274140.html|accessdate=6 August 2019|work=NHK ドラマ|publisher=NHK|date=27 June 2017|language=Japanese}} In September 2017, it was announced that Yuki Saito would not be able to play as Ikushima,{{cite news|title=大河ドラマ「西郷どん」出演者変更について|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/2570/280132.html|accessdate=6 August 2019|work=NHK ドラマ|publisher=NHK|date=21 September 2017|language=Japanese}} and was eventually replaced by Yoko Minamino. By November 2017, Etsuko Ichihara also had to drop out as narrator of the series due to her ongoing recovery from encephalomyelitis,{{cite news|author=Yukan Fuji (夕刊フジ)|title=今度は市原悦子さん、呪いか…ＮＨＫ大河「西郷どん」で再び降板劇渡辺謙さん醜聞、極めつきは斉藤由貴さん|url=https://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/171128/ent1711280006-n1.html|accessdate=6 August 2019|work=Sankei News|publisher=The Sankei Shimbun & SANKEI DIGITAL|date=28 November 2017|language=Japanese}} and was eventually replaced by Toshiyuki Nishida.

TV schedule

Episode	Title	Directed by	Original airdate	Rating
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
1	{{nihongo\|"Satsuma no Yassenbo"\|薩摩のやっせんぼ}}	rowspan="4"\|Yūsuke Noda	{{Start date\|2018\|1\|7}}	15.4%
2	{{nihongo\|"Rippa na Osamurai"\|立派なお侍}}	{{Start date\|2018\|1\|14}}	15.4%
3	{{nihongo\|"Kodomo wa Kuni no Takara"\|子どもは国の宝}}	{{Start date\|2018\|1\|21}}	14.2%
4	{{nihongo\|"Atarashiki Hanshu"\|新しき藩主}}	{{Start date\|2018\|1\|28}}	14.8%
5	{{nihongo\|"Sumō ja! Sumō ja!"\|相撲じゃ！相撲じゃ！}}	rowspan="2"\|Makoto Bonkobara	{{Start date\|2018\|2\|4}}	15.5%
6	{{nihongo\|"Nazo no Hyōryūsha"\|謎の漂流者}}	{{Start date\|2018\|2\|11}}	15.1%
7	{{nihongo\|"Haha no Senaka"\|母の背中}}	rowspan="2"\|Takeshi Okada	{{Start date\|2018\|2\|18}}	14.3%
8	{{nihongo\|"Fukitsu na Yome"\|不吉な嫁}}	{{Start date\|2018\|2\|25}}	14.2%
9	{{nihongo\|"Edo no Hie-sama"\|江戸のヒー様}}	Yūsuke Noda	{{Start date\|2018\|3\|4}}	14.8%
10	{{nihongo\|"Atsuhime wa doko e"\|篤姫はどこへ}}	Makoto Bonkobara	{{Start date\|2018\|3\|11}}	14.4%
11	{{nihongo\|"Nariakira Ansatsu"\|斉彬暗殺}}	rowspan="2"\|Yasuko Tsuda	{{Start date\|2018\|3\|18}}	14.6%
12	{{nihongo\|"Un no Tsuyoki Himegimi"\|運の強き姫君}}	{{Start date\|2018\|3\|25}}	14.1%
13	{{nihongo\|"Kawaranai Tomo"\|変わらない友}}	Yūsuke Noda	{{Start date\|2018\|4\|8}}	13.0%
14	{{nihongo\|"Yoshinobu no Honki"\|慶喜の本気}}	Takeshi Okada	{{Start date\|2018\|4\|15}}	11.9%
15	{{nihongo\|"Tono no Shi"\|殿の死}}	Yūsuke Noda	{{Start date\|2018\|4\|22}}	13.4%
16	{{nihongo\|"Nariakira no Yuigon\|斉彬の遺言}}	Takeshi Okada	{{Start date\|2018\|4\|29}}	11.1%
17	{{nihongo\|"Saigō Jusui"\|西郷入水}}	Yasuko Tsuda	{{Start date\|2018\|5\|6}}	12.0%
18	{{nihongo\|"Runin, Kikuchi Gengo"\|流人、菊池源吾}}	rowspan="2"\|Makoto Bonkobara	{{Start date\|2018\|5\|13}}	14.4%
19	{{nihongo\|"Aikana"\|愛加那}}	{{Start date\|2018\|5\|20}}	13.7%
20	{{nihongo\|"Shōsuke no Kuroi Ishi"\|正助の黒い石}}	Yūsuke Noda	{{Start date\|2018\|5\|27}}	12.2%
21	{{nihongo\|"Wakare no Uta"\|別れの唄}}	Yoshimi Ishizuka	{{Start date\|2018\|6\|3}}	12.0%
22	{{nihongo\|"Idai na Ani, Jigoro na Otōto"\|偉大な兄地ごろな弟}}	Takeshi Okada	{{Start date\|2018\|6\|10}}	13.4%
23	{{nihongo\|"Teradaya Sōdō"\|寺田屋騒動

}||Yoshimi Ishizuka||{{Start date|2018|6|17}}||13.4%

|24||{{nihongo|"Chi no Hate nite"|地の果てにて}}||rowspan="2"|Makoto Bonkobara||{{Start date|2018|6|24}}||12.2%

|25||{{nihongo|"Ikasareta Inochi"|生かされた命}}||{{Start date|2018|7|1}}||12.7%

|26||{{nihongo|"Saigō, Kyō e"|西郷、京へ}}||rowspan="2"|Yūsuke Noda||{{Start date|2018|7|15}}||12.2%

|27||{{nihongo|"Kinmon no Hen"|禁門の変}}||{{Start date|2018|7|22}}||12.0%

|28||{{nihongo|"Katsu to Ryōma"|勝と龍馬}}||Takeshi Okada||{{Start date|2018|7|29}}||11.1%

|29||{{nihongo|"Sandome no Kekkon"|三度目の結婚}}||Yūsuke Horiuchi||{{Start date|2018|8|5}}||11.6%

|30||{{nihongo|"Kaijin Iwakura Tomomi"|怪人岩倉具視}}||Yūsuke Noda||{{Start date|2018|8|12}}||10.3%

|31||{{nihongo|"Ryōma tono Yakusoku"|龍馬との約束}}||Takeshi Okada||{{Start date|2018|8|19}}||11.0%

|32||{{nihongo|"Satchō Dōmei"|薩長同盟}}||rowspan="2"|Yoshimi Ishizuka||{{Start date|2018|8|26}}||10.4%

|33||{{nihongo|"Ito no Chikai"|糸の誓い}}||{{Start date|2018|9|2}}||13.2%

|34||{{nihongo|"Shōgun Yoshinobu"|将軍慶喜}}||rowspan="2"|Makoto Bonkobara||{{Start date|2018|9|9}}||11.9%

|35||{{nihongo|"Ikusa no Oni"|戦の鬼}}||{{Start date|2018|9|16}}||11.7%

|36||{{nihongo|"Yoshinobu no Kubi"|慶喜の首}}||Yūsuke Horiuchi||{{Start date|2018|9|23}}||11.0%

|37||{{nihongo|"Edo Muketsu-Kaijō"|江戸無血開城}}||rowspan="2"|Yūsuke Noda||{{Start date|2018|10|7}}||9.9%

|38||{{nihongo|"Kizudarake no Ishin"|傷だらけの維新}}||{{Start date|2018|10|14}}||10.2%

|39||{{nihongo|"Chichi, Saigō Takamori"|父、西郷隆盛}}||Makoto Bonkobara||{{Start date|2018|10|21}}||12.3%

|40||{{nihongo|"Haran no Shinseifu"|波乱の新政府}}||Keisuke Ōshima||{{Start date|2018|10|28}}||11.7%

|41||{{nihongo|"Atarashiki Kuni e"|新しき国へ}}||Yoshimi Ishizuka||{{Start date|2018|11|4}}||11.8%

|42||{{nihongo|"Ryōyū Gekitotsu"|両雄激突}}||Yūsuke Noda||{{Start date|2018|11|11}}||11.3%

|43||{{nihongo|"Saraba, Tokyo"|さらば、東京}}||Makoto Bonkobara||{{Start date|2018|11|18}}||11.6%

|44||{{nihongo|"Shizoku tachi no Dōran"|士族たちの動乱}}||Yoshimi Ishizuka||{{Start date|2018|11|25}}||12.4%

|45||{{nihongo|"Saigō Tatsu"|西郷立つ}}||Keisuke Ōshima||{{Start date|2018|12|2}}||11.5%

|46||{{nihongo|"Seinan Sensō"|西南戦争}}||Makoto Bonkobara||{{Start date|2018|12|9}}||11.4%

|47||{{nihongo|"Keiten Aijin"|敬天愛人}}||Yūsuke Noda||{{Start date|2018|12|16}}||13.8%

!colspan="5"|Average rating 12.7% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20181217dog00m200006000c.html|title= 西郷どん:最終回「敬天愛人」視聴率13.8％期間平均は12.7％でワースト3位|access-date= December 10, 2023|work= Mantan-web|date= 17 December 2018}}

=Omnibus=

Episode	Title	Original airdate
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
1 \|{{nihongo\|"Satsuma"\|薩摩}} \|rowspan="4"\|December 30, 2018	13:05 - 14:05
2	{{nihongo\|"Saisei"\|再生}}	14:05 - 14:55
3	{{nihongo\|"Kakumei"\|革命}}	15:05 - 16:25
4	{{nihongo\|"Tenmei"\|天命}}	16:25 - 17:35

Soundtracks

"Segodon" Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack I (February 21, 2018){{cite web|title="Segodon (TV Drama)" Original Soundtrack I|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/AVCL-25957|website=CDJapan|publisher=Neowing|accessdate=6 August 2019}}
"Segodon" Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack II (August 8, 2018){{cite web|title="Segodon (TV Drama)" Original Soundtrack II (Music by Harumi Fuuki)|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/AVCL-25969|website=CDJapan|publisher=Neowing|accessdate=6 August 2019}}
"Segodon" Taiga Drama Original Soundtrack III (October 10, 2018){{cite web|title=Taiga Drama Segodon Original Soundtrack 3 Ongaku Fuuki Harumi|url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_TV-Soundtrack_000000000029998/item_大河ドラマ-西郷どん-オリジナル・サウンドトラックIII-音楽-富貴晴美_9075539|website=HMV&BOOKS Online|publisher=Lawson Entertainment, Inc.|accessdate=6 August 2019}}