Ashura no Gotoku (TV series)

Ashura no Gotoku
Genre	Drama
Written by	Kuniko Mukōda
Directed by	Ben Wada
Starring	Kaoru Yachigusa Haruko Kato Ken Ogata Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Ayumi Ishida Jun Fubuki Shin Saburi
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	70 minutes per episode
Production company	NHK
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 13, 1979 – February 9, 1980

Ashura no Gotoku (阿修羅のごとく) is a Japanese drama series that first aired on NHK in 1979. It is based on Kuniko Mukōda's novel of the same title.

Ken Ogata played the role of Satomi Takao in Part 1 and Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played the role in part 2.

Cast

• Kaoru Yachigusa as Satomi Makiko
• Haruko Kato as Mitamura Tsunako
• Ken Ogata(Part1) / Shigeru Tsuyuguchi(Part2) as Satomi Takao
• Ayumi Ishida as Takezawa Takoko
• Jun Fubuki as Takezawa Sakiko
• Ryudo Uzaki as Katsumata Shizuo
• Shin Saburi as Kotaro Takezawa
• Sanshō Shinsui as Jinnai Hidemitsu
• Ittoku Kishibe(Part2) as Takuma

Episodes

Part1

• 1, Onna Shougatsu (January 13, 1979)
• 2, Sando Mame (January 20, 1979)
• 3, Soubijinsou (January 27, 1979)

Part2

• 1, Hana Ikusa (January 19, 1980)
• 2, Ura Kimon (January 26, 1980)
• 3, Jyaran (February 2, 1980)
• 4, Otafuku (February 9, 1980)