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Kumokiri Nizaemon (TV series)
Kumokiri Nizaemon (雲霧仁左衛門) is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time in 1995 on Fuji TV.[1] It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel of the same title.[2] It stars Tsutomu Yamazaki.[3]
| Kumokiri Nizaemon | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 雲霧仁左衛門 |
| Genre | Jidaigeki |
| Directed by | Eiichi Kudo Kōsei Saitō |
| Starring | Tsutomu Yamazaki Atsuo Nakamura Renji Ishibashi Shigeru Kōyama Ken Nishida Tetsurō Tamba Sei Hiraizumi |
| Narrated by | Masane Tsukayama |
| Theme music composer | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| Ending theme | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes (per episode) |
| Production companies | Fuji TV, Shochiku |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Release | November 29, 1995 – March 1995 |
Plot edit
In the Kyōhō period, there was a group of bandits called Kumokiri from the people of Edo.[4] Tokugawa shogunate appoints Abe Shikibu a head post of the Hitsuke Tōzoku Aratamegata to arrest Kumokiri clan.[5][6]
Cast edit
- Tsutomu Yamazaki : Kumokiri Nizaemon
- Renji Ishibashi : Kinezumi no Kichigorō
- Atsuo Nakamura : Abe Shikibu
- Tetsurō Tamba : Tsuji Kuranosuke
- Hirotarō Honda : Kumagorō
- Naomasa Musaka : Tominoichi
- Takehiko Ono : Fukuemon
- Kōjirō Kusanagi : Echigoya Zenemon
- Kimiko Ikegami : Nanabake no Ochiyo
- Ken Nishida : Yamada
- Sei Hiraizumi : Okada
- Shigeru Kōyama : Matsuya Denbei
Other adaptation edit
References edit
- ^ "雲霧仁左門". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Kumokiri Nizaemon". Jidaigeki.com. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- ^ "Kumokiri Nizaemon". 松竹. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ^ "池波正太郎プレミアム". TV愛知. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ 時代劇マガジン 2005 vol12 51 能村洋一インタビュー
- ^ "Kumokiri Nizaemon". ドラマデータ. Retrieved December 31, 2020.