On the 20th, NHK announced the first cast of the 22nd great river drama “13 People of Kamakuraden” (scripted by Yukiyoshi Mitani, starring Shun Oguri) on the official Twitter show. Actor Hiroshi Oizumi (47) has been designated as the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, Genraicho. This is the third appearance in a great river drama.

Oizumi said, “Speaking of Genryocho, he is the general conqueror and hero who opened the Kamakura Shogunate, but the relationship with Heike, the enmity with his younger brother Yoshitsune, the story with his wife Masako, etc. I would like to play the Human Ryocho, who can’t be mentioned in the textbook, with all the wonderful co-stars. “

This day is the last day of the cast’s first announcement, which has been made for 5 consecutive days. The artists announced so far are as follows (in order of announcement).

◆ Announced on 16

Masako Hojo (Eiko Koike), Sotoki Hojo (Ainosuke Kataoka), Kiyomori Hira (Ken Matsudaira), Noh Hiki (Jiro Sato)

◆ Announced on 17

Shigetada Hatakeyama (Taishi Nakagawa), Munemori Hira (Kotaro Koizumi), Ohime (Sara Minami), Morinaga Adachi (Yoshihiro Nozoe), Genyuki Family (Tetsuta Sugimoto)

◆ Announced on the 18th

Yoshimura Miura (Koji Yamamoto), Yoshimori Wada (Eiji Yokota), Yuchika Ito (Mancho Tsuji), Awa Bureau (Emma Miyazawa), Mihei Dohi (Kenji Anan)

◆ Announced on 19

Tokimasa Hojo (Yajuro Bando), Yajuro Gen (Daichi Kaneko), Zensei Ano (Shinya Shinno), Noriyori Gen (Takaya Sakoda), Hiromoto Oe (Hideo Kurihara)

◆ Announced on 20

Yoshitsune Gen (Masaki Sugada), Yasunobu Miyoshi (Takashi Kobayashi), Keitoki Kajiwara (Shido Nakamura) Maki (Rie Miyazawa), Yoritomo Gen (Hiroshi Oizumi)