SEGODON

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Saigo Kichinosuke (Takamori) is from a poor samurai family in Satsuma (Kagoshima). He works as an assistant official to support his family, but he can't ignore people in need, giving away his salary and even food. He meets his mentor Shimazu Nariakira, has a romance with Princess Atsu, marries thrice, is exiled twice, and awakens as a revolutionary. He is affectionately called "Segodon." (C)NHK

2018 · 58m

Starring Suzuki Ryohei, Eita

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Satsuma, 1840. Saigo Kokichi (Ao Watanabe), Okubo Shosuke (Tatsuki Ishikawa), and friends spend their days studying and fencing. One day, they come in first place at a big race to Myoen-ji Temple. After receiving their prize, Kokichi meets Shimazu Nariakira (Ken Watanabe), but rivaling boys from a different town cut Kokichi in the shoulder, making it so he can never wield a sword again. (C)NHK
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Now a young man, Saigo (Ryohei Suzuki) goes by Kichinosuke and serves as an assistant tax official. Helping poor farmers, he hopes Nariakira (Ken Watanabe) will reform the clan's unjust system as lord. But power lies with Nariakira's father, Narioki (Takeshi Kaga), and his concubine, Yura (Rumiko Koyanagi). Enraged, Kichinosuke goes to Councilor Zusho Hirosato (Raita Ryu) to demand change. (C)NHK
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

After their fourth son is born, the Saigo family struggles to make ends meet. They must borrow money from a merchant. Kichinosuke (Ryohei Suzuki) encounters a samurai family fleeing by night due to extreme poverty. He writes a letter to Nariakira (Ken Watanabe), stating the desperate situation of many clansmen. Nariakira forces his father into retirement but faces a major counterattack. (C)NHK
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

The "Oyura Sodo (Uproar)" erupts as Narioki (Takeshi Kaga) purges those backing Nariakira (Ken Watanabe) as lord. Akayama (Ikki Sawamura), Kichinosuke's (Ryohei Suzuki) teacher, is sentenced to seppuku. Jiemon (Mitsuru Hirata), Shosuke's (Eita Nagayama) father, is exiled, while Shosuke is confined. Kichibe (Morio Kazama) serves as Akayama's kaishakunin, and Kichinosuke witnesses his death. (C)NHK
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Nariakira (Ken Watanabe) retains Narioki's (Takeshi Kaga) senior retainers, angering Shosuke (Eita Nagayama), whose father remains in exile while he is confined. Kichinosuke (Ryohei Suzuki) enters a sumo tournament to appeal directly to his lord. When Ito (Haru Kuroki) receives a marriage proposal from a contestant, Kichinosuke faces a match he cannot lose as Oichi (Keiko Kitagawa) watches. (C)NHK
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

After throwing Lord Nariakira (Ken Watanabe) in a sumo match, Saigo Kichinosuke (Ryohei Suzuki) is jailed, where he meets a mysterious castaway (Gekidan Hitori) who escapes with him. Before her wedding, Ito (Haru Kuroki) is forbidden to go out. Shosuke (Eita Nagayama) takes her out and tells her about America, as told by the castaway: telling someone you love them is called "love." (C)NHK

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Suzuki Ryohei

Saigo Takamori
Eita

Okubo Toshimichi
Miho Nakazono

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