Amigasa Jūbei Explained

Native Name:
Genre:	Jidaigeki
Runtime:	45 minutes (per episode)
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Num Episodes:	26
Company:	Fuji TV, TOEI
Network:	Fuji TV
Director:	Tokuzō Tanaka Kazuo Ikehiro
Starring:	Hideki Takahashi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Mikio Narita Ryūtarō Ōtomo Yūnosuke Itō Yoshi Katō Chiezō Kataoka
Theme Music Composer:	Takeo Watanabe

is a Japanese television jidaigeki or period drama that was broadcast from 1974 to 1975. It is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel by the same title.^{[1] [2]} It depicts the stories of Tsukimori Jūbei and the Forty-seven rōnin.^[3] A remake was aired in 1997 on Fuji television.^{[4] [5]}

Plot

Tsukimori Jūbei is an Onmitsu(Oniwaban). He and Masafuyu Nakane help Forty-seven rōnin′s revenge.^[6] On the other hand, Kobayashi Haihachi attempts to stop it and protect Kira Yoshinaka in various ways by Uesugi Noritsuna's(Kira Yoshinaka's son.) order.

In addition, Funazu challenges Jūbei to a duel again and again, and tries to kill Jūbei persistently.^[7]

Characters

• Hideki Takahashi : Tsukimori Jūbei (Amigasa Jūbei)^[8]
• Shigeru Tsuyuguchi : Heyhachi kobayashi
• Mikio Narita : Funazu Yakurō is a ruthless ronin.
• Yutaka Nakajima : Senya
• Goichi Yamada as Horibe Yasubei
  • Takeya Nakamura : Ōishi Yoshio Go Wakabayashi : Fuwa Kazuemon
• Yoichi Hayashi : Kayano Sanpei
• Yumiko Nogawa : Kaoru
• Susumu Kurobe :Nagai/Osu
• Taeko Hattori : Yae
• Isamu Nagato : Tawaraboshi Genba
• Yuko Hama : Minae
• Jūkei Fujioka : Nagao Kanbei
• Tatsuo Endō : Kajikawa Yoriteru
• Yoko Hayama : Oshun
• Yoshio Inaba : Uchida Saburozaemon
• Akira Nakao : Tada Dempachiro
• Hiroko Fuji : Shizue
• Yoshi Katō : Kayano Hichirozaemon
• Eiji Okada : Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
  • Yūnosuke Itō : Kira Yoshinaka Ryūtarō Ōtomo : Okuda Magodayou^[8]
• Chiezō Kataoka : Nakane Masafuyu

Episodes

• • 1, Tosho directed by Tokuzō Tanaka 2, Seppuku directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
• 3, Ketsudan directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 4, Shugeki directed by Masatake Mastuo
• 5, Zansatsu directed by Masahiko Izawa
• 6, Tsuioku directed by Masahiko Izawa
• 7, Shikyaku directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 8, Shuppu directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 9, Enjō directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
• 10, Bojō directed by Kazuo Ikehiro
• 11, Datsuraku directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 12, Danatsu directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 13, Kuromaku directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 14, Sennyu directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 15, Giwaku directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 16, Tsuiseki directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
• 17, Kenshin directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
• 18, Bōky directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
• 19, Hidō directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 20, Shikon directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 21, Bōryaku directed by Masahiko Izawa
• 22, Chusedtsu directed by Masahiko Izawa
• 23, Kansei directed by Buichi Saitō
• 24, Zenya directed by Masahiko Izawa
• 25, Uchiiri directed by Masatake Matsuo
• 26, Ketsubetsu directed by Masatake Matsuo

Notes and References

1. 鬼平」を極める』2、フジテレビ出版、1995年、140頁。
2. Web site: Amigasa Jūbei. Jidaigeki.com. June 3, 2017 .
3. Web site: 番組詳細 Amigasa Jūbei. timetable. December 31, 2020 .
4. Web site: Amigasa Jūbei towa. kotobank. December 31, 2020 .
5. Web site: ペリーのちょんまげ. 時代劇チャンネル. December 31, 2020 .
6. Web site: Amigasa Jūbei. ドラマデータ. April 29, 2019 .
7. Web site: 時代劇スター　高橋英樹. toeich. December 31, 2020 .
8. Web site: Ryūtarō Ōtomo. 映画DB. August 17, 2021.