The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku
八百万石に挑む男
The Man Who Challenged 8,000,000-Koku On Soap2Day. A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as an illegitimate son to a Shogun as a "gift of hope" to the sad boy. As the orphan boy grew up, his loving heart became bitter and he saw the opportunity to take advantage of this birthright with the help of a man who wanted to use this orphan's desire to be loved, for seizing power in the shogunate by using the imposter. Many obstacles to hurdle along the way of deception, however, will they succeed or will he be exposed?
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Japan
- Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
- Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa, Sō Yamamura, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Michitarō Mizushima, Noboru Nakaya, Eijirō Yanagi, Katsuo Nakamura, Chōjūrō Kawarasaki, Shin Tokudaiji, Ushio Akashi, Koji Arima, Tsukie Matsuura, Ryōei Itō, Kinji Nakamura, Takeshi Sakamoto, Kazutarō Kuni, Shinnosuke Ogata, Ikuo Oka, Gorô Naniwa, Tokinosuke Nakamura,
