The drama, based on a novel by Keiichiro Ryu, tells an alternative history in which the historical shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara and his double Jirosaburo Serada ...

The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo.

Actor Sakae Takita, who played Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) in the Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s (NHK) year-long "taiga" historical TV drama series ... time on a radio talk show, Takita said he ...