Sanada Maru (TV series)

Sanada Maru
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Written by	Kōki Mitani
Directed by	Takafumi Kimura and others
Starring	Masato Sakai Yo Oizumi Masami Nagasawa Yoshino Kimura Koji Yamamoto Hirofumi Arai Haru Kuroki Mayu Matsuoka Yō Yoshida Takeo Nakahara Takashi Fujii Kataoka Ainosuke VI Shinya Niiro Taishi Nakagawa Kenichi Okamoto Susumu Terajima Masahiko Nishimura Show Aikawa Kenichi Endō Masanobu Takashima Hiroshi Fujioka Atsuko Takahata Mitsuko Kusabue Yūko Takeuchi Fumiyo Kohinata Kyōka Suzuki Masaomi Kondō Seiyō Uchino Masao Kusakari
Narrated by	Yumiko Udo
Theme music composer	Tatsuya Shimono
Opening theme	"Sanada Maru Main Theme" (「真田丸 メインテーマ」) by the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Fumiaki Miura
Composer	Takayuki Hattori
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	50
Production
Executive producers	Yotaro Yashiki Kunio Yoshikawa
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 10 (2016-01-10) – December 18, 2016 (2016-12-18)
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Sanada Maru (真田丸) is a 2016 Japanese historical drama television series and the 55th NHK taiga drama.^[1] The series is named after the Sanada Maru, a fortification defended by Sanada during the Siege of Osaka in 1615. Written by Kōki Mitani, it stars Masato Sakai as the samurai Sanada Nobushige. It premiered on January 10, 2016 and concluded on December 18, 2016.

Due to declining viewership for taiga dramas in recent years, NHK strengthened its marketing push for Sanada Maru as compared with its previous taiga dramas.