Overview

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.

Top 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