Aoi (TV series)
| Aoi | |
|---|---|
| Written by | James Miki |
| Directed by | Akihiko Shigemitsu Mitsunobu Ozaki Jō Satō Kazutaka Watanabe |
| Starring | Masahiko Tsugawa Toshiyuki Nishida Onoe Tatsunosuke II Onoe Kikunosuke V Miki Sakai Joe Shishido Shigeru Kōyama Kyōko Mitsubayashi Kuriko Namino Kei Suma Ryō Tamura Nanako Ōkōchi Minori Terada Teruhiko Saigō Ryunosuke Kaneda Nakamura Baijaku II Keizō Kanie Isao Natsuyagi Ryūzō Hayashi Kirin Kiki Nenji Kobayashi Ken Utsui Mayumi Ogawa Mitsuko Kusabue Isuzu Yamada Tōru Emori Shima Iwashita |
| Narrated by | Nakamura Baijaku II |
| Opening theme | "Time of Destiny" |
| Composer | Taro Iwashiro |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 49 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Atsushi Kawai |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | January 9 – December 17, 2000 |
Aoi (Japanese: 葵 徳川三代, Hepburn: Aoi Tokugawa Sandai) is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th NHK taiga drama. The series respectively stars Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three Tokugawa shōguns. It aired from January 9 to December 17, 2000, and ran for a total of 49 episodes.
Aoi is the first taiga drama to be fully filmed in high definition.