The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo. Takechiyo lost his father during a war. He grew up lonely and away from his mother. Takechiyo didn't have a clue about what his future would hold. He then has a dramatic meeting with the young Oda Nobunaga.
Jun Matsumoto
Junichi Okada
Kasumi Arimura
Tsuyoshi Muro
Mansai Nomura
Hiroshi Abe
Nao Ômori
Yuki Yamada
Yosuke Sugino
Rihito Itagaki
Takuma Otoo
Shinya Kote
Dai Okabe
Issey Ogata
Alice Hirose
Takayuki Yamada
Yutaka Matsushige
Kenichi Matsuyama
Masahiro Koumoto
Kazuki Namioka
Subaru Kimura
Tsubaki Nekoze
Chiba Tetsuya
Marika Matsumoto
Kanata Hosoda
Keiko Kitagawa
Hiroshi Fujioka
Mitsuo Yoshihara
Satoshi Hashimoto
Susumu Terajima
Lily Franky
Akihiro Kakuta
Junpei Mizobata
Mirai Shida
Atsuro Watabe
Miki Maya
Nagisa Sekimizu
Toru Nomaguchi
Tamaki Shiratori
Ami Touma