Dokuganryū Masamune

Dokuganryū Masamune
Cover of Disc 5 DVD Release
GenreHistorical, Jidaigeki
Written byJames Miki
Directed byKatsuji Nakamura
StarringKen Watanabe
Tomokazu Miura
Teruhiko Saigō
Junko Sakurada
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Hiroyuki Sanada
Kanako Higuchi
Eiji Okuda
Hironobu Nomura
Chosuke Ikariya
Takanori Jinnai
Hiroshi Katsuno
Yoichi Hayashi
Shigeru Kōyama
Mikiko Otonashi
Renji Ishibashi
Minori Terada
Raita Ryū
Kei Tani
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
Ryō Ikebe
Isao Yamagata
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Hideji Ōtaki
Yoshio Harada
Kaoru Yachigusa
Masahiko Tsugawa
Shima Iwashita
Kin'ya Kitaōji
Shintaro Katsu
Narrated bySeiji Kasai
Opening themeNHK Symphony Orchestra
ComposerShin’ichirō Ikebe
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes50
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 1987 (1987-01) 
December 1987 (1987-12)

Dokuganryū Masamune (独眼竜政宗) is a 1987 Japanese historical television series. It is the 25th NHK taiga drama. The broadcast received an average viewer rating of 39.7 percent in the Kanto area with the highest viewing rating of 47.8%. The drama was adapted from the novel of Sōhachi Yamaoka.