Ōtomo Sōrin
Other noteworthy roles include Hōjō Yoshitoki in the 1979 NHK series "Kusa Moeru", Irobe Matashiro in the 1999 NHK series "Genroku Ryoran" (involving the chushingura, that is, the story of the Forty-seven "rōnin"), Shibata Katsuie in the 2002 NHK series "Toshiie to Matsu", Ōtomo Sōrin in the 2004 NHK special "Ōtomo Sōrin—Kokoro no Ōkoku wo Motomete", and Ōishi Kuranosuke in the 2004 TV Asahi series "Chushingura". He also played Asano Takumi no Kami, an important (although brief) role, in an earlier chushingura, making a career of that story. In 2005, he is appearing as Benkei in "Yoshitsune", the yearlong NHK Taiga drama. TV Asahi tapped Matsudaira to star as Tōyama no Kin-san in the latest (2007) version of their program of the same name. He appeared in "Tokugawa Fūun-roku", the annual "jidaigeki" spectacular which was shown on TV Tokyo on January 2, 2008.