Plot
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.
Cast
Matsumoto Hakuō II
as Luzon Sukezaemon
Komaki Kurihara
as Mio
Jinpachi Nezu
as Ishikawa Goemon
Koji Tsuruta
as Sen no Rikyū
Tetsuro Tamba
as Imai Sōkyū
Ryūzō Hayashi
as Imai Sōkun
Masahiko Tsugawa
as Tsuda Sōgyū
Ken Ogata
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Yukiyo Toake
as Nene
Shiho Fujimura
as Yodo-dono