Edo no Kaze explained

Genre:	Jidaigeki
Runtime:	46 minutes (per episode)
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Num Series:	5
Num Episodes:	210
Company:	Fuji TV, Toho Company
Network:	Fuji TV
Director:	Kazuo Mori Tokuzō Tanaka Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Starring:	Yūzō Kayama Keiju Kobayashi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Kunie Tanaka Masaya Oki Yasuaki Kurata Eitaro Ozawa Hiroya Morita Taisaku Akino Mie Hama Takeo Chii Ryō Ikebe
Theme Music Composer:	Katsuhisa Hattori

was a Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) broadcast on prime-time television that ran from 1975 to 1981. Its lead star was Yūzō Kayama.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The series was based on Kazuo Shimada's novel of the same title. It became a popular broadcast, leading to the production of five series and a two-hour special.^[5]

Characters

• Yūzō Kayama^[6] as Chiaki Joenosuke
• Keiju Kobayashi as Hayashida Magobei
• Minoru Chiaki as Hayami Shigetaro
• Yousuke Kondō as Takase
• Masaaki Tsusaka as Sanai
• Ryō Ikebe as Nezu (first series, episodes 14-49)
• Kunie Tanaka as Yura (first series)
• Takeo Chii as Mihoki (first series)
• Mie Hama as Oyou (first series)
• Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Shimazu Hanzō (series II-IV)
• Masaya Oki as Tachibana Seiichirō (Shin Edo no Kaze)^[7]
• Yasuaki Kurata as Todō Ken (Shin Edo no Kaze)
• Atsushi Watanabe as Higure Shinsaku (Shin Edo no Kaze)

Seasons

• Edo no Kaze (1975–76) - 49 episodes
• Edo no Kaze II (1976–77) - 53 episodes
• Edo no Kaze III (1977–78) - 50 episodes
• edo no Kaze IV (1978–79) - 26 episodes
• Shin edo no Kaze (1980–81) - 31 episodes
• Edo no Kaze Special (1983) - two-hour special

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://www.jidaigeki.com/forum/peri/tagyo/20130412_10639.html . Edo no Kaze . Jidaigeki.Com . 10 August 2017.
2. Masahiho Takase　Senbon no Dramatachi　p.142-144
3. Web site: http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-20900 . Edo no Kaze . ドラマデータ . 2 January 2021.
4. Web site: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B1%9F%E6%88%B8%E3%81%AE%E6%97%8B%E9%A2%A8-2101658. Edo no Kaze . kotobank . 2 January 2021.
5. Masahiho Takase　Senbon no Dramatachi　p.142
6. Web site: 加山雄三 Yuzo Kayama biography. 2021-01-05. Japanese. Kinema Junpo.
7. Web site: https://www.bsfuji.tv/shinedonokaze/pub/index.html. Shin Edo no Kaze . bsフジ . 2 January 2021.