Ōgon no Hibi 1978
Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly valued as tea utensils and he makes a huge profit. This was the first taiga drama to concentrate on the lives of commoners and the reviled merchant class of the Tokugawa period. It documents the rise and fall of the merchant city of Sakai, as seen by its most famous resident, the semilegendary Luzon.
Storyline
Luzon Sukezaemon is a merchant who imports vases from the Philippines. The vases are highly valued as tea utensils and he makes a huge profit. This was the first taiga drama to concentrate on the lives of commoners and the reviled merchant class of the Tokugawa period. It documents the rise and fall of the merchant city of Sakai, as seen by its most famous resident, the semilegendary Luzon.
Season 1
Cast
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Luzon Sukezaemon
Komaki Kurihara
Mio
Jinpachi Nezu
Ishikawa Goemon
Koji Tsuruta
Sen no Rikyū
Tetsuro Tamba
Imai Sōkyū
Ryūzō Hayashi
Imai Sōkun
Masahiko Tsugawa
Tsuda Sōgyū
Ken Ogata
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Yukiyo Toake
Nene
Shiho Fujimura
Yodo-dono
Masaomi Kondo
Ishida Mitsunari
Akira Onodera
Konishi Yukinaga
