[3] Production Credits Generally, due to the image of Tokugawa Ieyasu being petite and chubby, casting proved to be challenging.
Before long, within the production team, the desire to create a new image of Ieyasu grew stronger, and the tall Sakae Takita was chosen for the role.
[5] Due to the strong desire of Mieko Osanai, who is also a scriptwriter for Kinpachi-sensei, Tetsuya Takeda played the role of Hideyoshi.
He was mentioned as one of the leading candidates for the role of Hideyoshi in the 1981 NHK Taiga drama Onna Taikōki as well.
NHK gave up on casting a big-name actor and instead, at the time still relatively unknown, chose Koji Yakusho for the role.