Director
Screenwriter
Main Role
- Yoshitaka YurikoMurasaki Shikibu | MahiroMain Role
Support Role
- Emoto TasukuFujiwara no MichinagaSupport Role
- Kishitani GoroFujiwara no Tametoki [Shikibu's father]Support Role
- Kuninaka RyokoChiyaha [Shikibu's mother]Support Role
- Takasugi MahiroFujiwara no Nobunori [Shikibu's younger brother]Support Role
- Danta YasunoriFujiwara no Kaneie [Michinaga's father]Support Role
- Mitsuishi KotonoTokihime [Michinaga's mother]Support Role
- Iura ArataFujiwara no Michitaka [Michinaga's older brother / Kaneie's eldest son]Support Role
- Tamaoki ReoFujiwara no Michikane [Michinaga's older brother / Kaneie's son]Support Role
- Yoshida YohFujiwara no Akiko [Michinaga's older sister / Mother of Emperor Ichijō]Support Role
- Itaya YukaTakashina no Takako [Michitaka's wife]Support Role
- First Summer UikaSei Shonagon / Kikyou [Shikibu's rival / Author of "The Pillow Book"]Support Role
- Yusuke SantamariaAbe no HaruakiraSupport Role
- Kuroki HaruMinamoto no Tomoko [Michinaga's wife]Support Role
- Takiuchi KumiMinamoto no Akiko [Michinaga's other wife]Support Role
- Akiyama RyujiFujiwara no SanesukeSupport Role
- Machida KeitaFujiwara no KintōSupport Role
- Kanada SatoshiFujiwara no TadanobuSupport Role
- Watanabe DaichiFujiwara no YukinariSupport Role
- Honda DaisukeMinamoto no Toshikata [Akiko's older brother]Support Role
- Masuoka TohruMinamoto no Masanobu [Tomoko's father]Support Role
- Ishino MakoFujiwara no Mutsuko [Tomoko's mother]Support Role
- Hashizume JunFujiwara no Yoritada [Kaneie's rival / Kintō's father]Support Role
- Sasaki KuranosukeFujiwara no Nobutaka [Shikibu's husband]Support Role
- Takahata MitsukiFujiwara no Sadako [Michitaka's eldest daughter]Support Role
- Mikami AiFujiwara no Akiko [Michinaga's eldest daughter / Shikibu's protégé]Support Role
- Miura ShoheiFujiwara no Korechika [Michitaka's eldest son]Support Role
- Ryusei RyoFujiwara no Takaie [Michitaka's son]Support Role
- Bando Minosuke IIEnyu Tenno [64th Emperor / Father of Emperor Ichijō]Support Role
- Hongo KanataKazan Tennō [65th Emperor]Support Role
- Shiono AkihisaIchijō Tennō [66th Emperor]Support Role
- Maiguma KatsuyaNaohide [member of Sangaku]Support Role
- Ouki KanameAkazome EmonSupport Role
- Yabe TaroOtomaru [Shikibu's servant]Support Role
- Honda ChikaraMozuhiko [Michinaga's servant]Support Role
- Nobukawa SeijunIto [Nobunori's maid]Support Role
- Kamiji YusukeFujiwara no Michitsuna [Michinaga's half-brother]Support Role
- Zaizen NaomiFujiwara no Yasuko [Michitsuna's mother]Support Role
- Nomura MasumiSawa [Shikibu's friend]Support Role
- Sanyutei KoyuzaEshi [Royal painter]Support Role
- Inoue SakuraFujiwara no Yoshiko [Tadanobu's younger sister / Consort of Emperor Kazan]Support Role
- Takahashi MitsuomiFujiwara no Yoshichika [Emperor Kazan's uncle]Support Role
- Kimura TatsunariSanjō Tennō [67th Emperor]Support Role
- Miyakawa IchirotaFujiwara no AkimitsuSupport Role
- Watanabe KeisukeFujiwara no Yorimichi [Michinaga's eldest son]Support Role
- HaogoZhu Ren Zhong [merchant from Song Dynasty]Support Role
- Matsushita KouheiZhou Min [apprentice doctor from Song Dynasty]Support Role
- Kurasawa AnnaFujiwara no KiyokoSupport Role
- Kamimura KaiseiFujiwara no YorimuneSupport Role
- Asa TatsumiAtsuakira ShinnoSupport Role
- Kiryu SakuraChigusaSupport Role
- Kamio YuTaira no TamekataSupport Role
- Kosaka Nao Support Role
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