[NHK] Tempest - Nakama Yukie, Tanihara Shosuke, Gackt (DL at page 1)

Kittie · Post time 20-7-2011 06:55 PM

Post Last Edit by Kittie at 20-7-2011 19:29

♔~~Tempest~~♔

Official Website
http://www.nhk.or.jp/jidaigeki/tempest/

Broadcast
Sundays, 6.45 – 7.28 p.m. from 17 July 2011

Station
NHK

Story
In Okinawa, during the closing days of the Ryukyu Kingdom in the 19th century, a girl was born amidst the storm. This girl, who was brought up without a given name and neglected because her father had hoped for the birth of a son, called herself Mazuru. A grown-up Mazuru decides to hide her gender under the guise of an enuch and become a palace official named Son Neion in order to fulfil her father’s wish to resurrect the Son family. The intelligent Neion generously protects a British vessel and its sailors who were shipwrecked in the seas around the kingdom, and plays her diplomatic hand well. Earning the king’s recognition, Neion is ordered to pursue budgetary reforms, but comes into conflict with the king’s elder sister, Kikoe Okimi.

Characters:

Nakama Yukie as Son Neion/Mazuru
Mazuru grew up neglected by her father, Son Shishi, who hoped for a son. Attractive and possessing a brilliant mind, she disguises her gender and takes the government official appointment exam which is only open to males. She makes a splendid breakthrough, and as the youngest official, works hard in diplomatic negotiations with the major powers of Europe and the US. Although she had lived in denial of her femininity, she finds herself made sport of by love when she meets Asakura Masahiro. She loses her standing after the death of the king, but in a strange turn of events, returns to the palace as a woman this time.

Tanihara Shosuke as Asakura Masahiro
A young samurai of the Satsuma Domain. He was appointed to be a diplomat based the Ryukyu Kingdom which is where he encountered a young Mazuru. He loves the nature and culture of the kingdom and also grows attracted to Mazuru. However, he is forced to oppose the dynasty after that and Son Neion, who has become a palace official, appears before him … …

Tsukamoto Takashi as Kishaba Chokun
Hailed to be the royal government’s prodigy, he and Son Neion became palace officials in their youth. He is her rival and also understands her well. He is secretly in love with Neion. However, the Joteigai incident spurs him to part company with her.

Okuda Eiji as Son Shishi
Mazuru’s father. He gives his daughter the mission to revive the fortunes of the family, and makes her choose the rough path of Son Neion, having to disguise her gender to become a palace official.

Takahashi Kazuya as Shoikuou
The 18th king of the Ryukyu Kingdom who places emphasis on education reforms. He has great faith in the knowledgeable Son Neion, who has no ties to the royal government. He gives her an important post and orders her to conduct a special investigation.

Wakamura Mayumi as Ouhi
The consort of King Shoikuou. She schemes with Oseidobe to bring Kikoe Okimi down and is engaged in a succession struggle with the concubines.

Kaneko Noboru as Son Shiyu
Mazuru’s elder brother. A child who was adopted in order to carry on the Son family’s lineage, but refuses to take over. He has no interest in studies and runs away from home to immerse himself in his beloved world of dance.

Takaoka Saki as Kikoe Okimi
The elder sister of King Shoikuou and the blue-eyed, holy deity of Ryukyu Kingdom’s royalty. The head of Ryukyu’s religious order, she tries to protect the country with her tremendous power, but on the other hand, sees through Son Neion’s true identity as a result of that psychic power.

Gackt as Joteigai
A Qing dynasty enuch who possesses intelligence and great powers of information, but has a bizarre personality. He sees through Son Neion’s true identity and tries to use her in order to occupy the Ryukyu Kingdom and regain the Forbidden City. He drives a wedge between Neion, Asakura Masahiro and Kishaba Chokun.

Katase Rino as Oseidobe
The highest ranking lady-in-waiting who oversees the inner palace. She is devoted to the queen, and is hostile to Kikoe Okimi and Son Neion.

Hachigusa Kaoru as Kokubo
The birth mother of King Shoikuou and Kikoe Okimi. She conspires with the concubines rather than the queen in the hope of making that child the next king.

Kittie · Post time 20-7-2011 06:55 PM

Post Last Edit by Kittie at 21-9-2011 02:00

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Kittie · Post time 20-7-2011 06:56 PM

Post Last Edit by Kittie at 25-9-2011 01:43

[Softsubs]

Episod 1-10 (finale)

Kittie · Post time 20-7-2011 07:00 PM

Tempest nih based on the best selling novel oleh Ikegami Eiichi.
Lps tuh diadaptasi ke butai (stageplay).
Now ke drama lak.

Kittie · Post time 20-7-2011 07:05 PM

[Stageplay article]

Okinawan epic The Tempest

A stage adaptation of novelist Eiichi Ikegami's 2008 historical epic "The Tempest" will be performed with a stellar cast from March 5-20 at Shin-Kabukiza in Osaka.

Set in the Ryukyu Kingdom (now Okinawa Prefecture) in the closing years of the Edo Period (1603-1867), the story describes the power struggle between Japan and China's Qing Dynasty as both attempt to put the islands under their control.

Yet the kingdom follows its own independent path of development.

Mazuru (Yukie Nakama), an idealistic young woman with talent, brains and beauty, decides for the sake of her country to take the difficult examination to become an elite government bureaucrat.

As women are not permitted to do so, however, she disguises herself as a man called Neion Son. After passing the exam, she finds herself at Shuri Castle, wrestling with the state's financial reform.

Son befriends a samurai of the Satsuma Domain (now Kagoshima Prefecture) named Masahiro Asakura (Koji Yamamoto), and together the two begin thinking outside the box, coming up with innovative reform ideas.

Their actions, however, anger Kikoe Okimi (Katsuhisa Namase), a powerful priestess. Eventually, Son's true identity is revealed.

In an era of political upheaval and uncertainty, Son faces many difficulties, while also dealing with her forbidden love for Asakura.

The Okinawan-born Nakama is appearing on the theater stage for the first time since 2007. In her role, she will perform traditional Ryukyu dance, a craft she has studied since childhood.

The play is directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, who also worked with Nakama in both the TV drama series and movie versions of "Trick."

Source: House of Japan

Kittie · Post time 20-7-2011 07:07 PM

Nih buku Tempest...

Kittie · Post time 20-7-2011 07:10 PM

Synopsis of the story

Mazuru is a very wise young lady born in the Ryukyu kingdom. Feeling injustice that women cannot complete their study, taking advantage of her brother's disappearance, she disguises as a male eunuch, Son Neion.

Passing the exam, Neion become the royal government's official and solved difficult problems in the palace, and so she gets a speedy successful promotion.

Hindered by the enemies in the palace, Son Neion was accused as a traitor and exiled to Yaeyama island. Escaping from death, the king falls in love with her beauty and wittiness, and so she was brought back to palace by force as a concubine.

When Perry's ship arrived, troubles are happening and so Son Neion, whom the royal's official thought is still in the Yaeyama island is being called back to help with the government's problem. And so Mazuru has to live with two different identities since then, a royal's official by day and a concubine by night.

Source: Japanese Wiki
Credit: yanie02@LJ