Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
TV Series · 45 min · ★ 7.3
The eldest son of a wealthy farming family, Eiichi Shibusawa, develops a passion for business from watching his father. This leads to him meeting the last shogun of Japan, Yoshinobu Tokugawa—an encounter that changes the trajectory of his entire life. This is the remarkable journey of the man who becomes the father of modern Japanese economics in the post-shogunate era of Japan. © NHK
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Details
- Original title
- 青天を衝け
- Release date
- 2021-02-14
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 45 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (6 votes)
Themes
- japan
- bank
- government
- political intrigue
- jidaigeki
- family legacy
- meiji period
- japanese government
- taiga
- war is bad for business
- bakumatsu
- great kantō earthquake
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Emi Wakui
as Shibusawa Ei [Eiichi's mother]
Ryo Yoshizawa
as Shibusawa Eiichi
Eri Murakawa
as Shibusawa Naka [Eiichi's older sister]
Kaoru Kobayashi
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
Ryoko Fujino
as Shibusawa Tei [Eiichi's younger sister]
Kengo Kora
as Shibusawa Kisaku [Eiichi's cousin]
Jeffrey Rowe
as Charles de Montblanc（シャルル・ド・モンブラン）
Rihito Itagaki
as Tokugawa Akitake [Yoshiatsu and Yoshinobu's half-brother]
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Toshihito Kokubo
as Sakubee [Farmer on Chiaraijima]
Directed by Naoki Murahashi, Hiroshi Kurosaki, Kenji Tanaka